GitHub can be a real pain to manage, especially if your new(er) to it. You want to contribute but it can be frustrating. Understanding repositories, pull requests, merges, Issues, and more can be an exhausting use of your time. In this session, we will try to break down the basics of GitHub and help guide you on your way to creating code, collaborating, and managing your own repositories. We will also show some cool things you can do that will enable you to start using GitHub even better, faster, and just way cooler!

You will learn:

• How GitHub works, from the backend to the frontend.
• How to create a repo, a PR, and Commit!
• About a world of things to try in GitHub with some fancy-pants tricks along the way.