Introduction to GitHub and VS Code for Absolute Beginners

Recently I conducted one session on Introduction to GitHub and VS Code for some of my friends and got a good response. I would be glad to help more friends and hence above is the recoding for that session.

It is Suggested to try out all the demo shown in the video simultaneously while you are watching.

Topics Covered

1. Why to use VS Code and how useful it is.
2. Intro to GitHub and concept of push, pull, branch, merge, conflicts, etc.
3. Integration of GitHub with VS Code.

Initial Required Setup

1. Install VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
2. Install Git: https://git-scm.com/download/
3. Create GitHub Account: https://github.com/signup

VS Code Configuration

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Replace [email protected] with your real email or use the one provided by GitHub (https://github.com/settings/emails) as shown in the below image.