Navigating the GitHub interface – a guide for beginners

Think of GitHub as a multifunctional toolbox, each tool designed for a specific task in your project repository. Here’s a friendly walkthrough of the main tools you’ll find in this digital toolbox such as Code, Issues, Pull requests, Projects, and so on. You can see how this looks in Figure 1.20:

Figure 1.20 – GitHub’s sections

So, what is the Code section about?

Think of the Code section as the heart of your GitHub project repository. This is where your project lives. It’s like the main folder on your computer where you keep all your project files. It contains all the coding files, documents, and resources you need for your project:

Figure 1.21 – GitHub’s Code section

In the next chapter, Mastering GitHub Essentials, we’ll dive into each aspect of the GitHub Code view. We’ll also explore how to...