Version Control in node.js: Update Your App with GitHub

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In this Guided Project, you will:

Use GitHub to create a repository for a node.js application

Use GitHub to edit files, create new versions, and commit messages.

Merge Pull requests in GitHub for a node.js application.

1.5 hours
Intermediate
No download needed
Split-screen video
English
Desktop only

This Guided Project "Version Control in node.js: Update Your App with GitHub" is for web developers who use node.js in a collaborative environment. In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to utilize GitHub to create a repository for a node.js application, create a new version of a node.js application, create commit messages for a node.js application, edit files for a node.js application, and merge pull requests. To achieve this, we will work through six tasks with GitHub. In order to be successful in this project, you will need to have basic node.js or JavaScript programming experience, knowledge of basic git operations: repository, commit. and two GitHub accounts. NOTE: You need two GitHub accounts to complete this project.

Skills you will develop

  • Github

  • Node.Js

  • Collaboration

  • Product Lifecycle

  • Version Control

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Task 1: Create and Log into a GitHub Account

  2. Task 2: Create a New Repository on GitHub using the Original Version

  3. Task 3: Modify the App and Create a New Commit

  4. Optional Practice: Demonstrate Your Understanding of Changes and Commits

  5. Task 4: Create a Fork, Apply Changes, and Use a Pull Request

  6. Task 5: Examine Pull Request and Apply Additional Changes

  7. Optional Practice: Demonstrate Your Understanding of Applying Additional Changes and Commits

  8. Task 6: Review, approve and merge second party changes into main branch.

  9. Optional Cumulative Challenge: Make changes as a second party and create a pull request

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In a split-screen video, your instructor guides you step-by-step

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