Craft a Great GitHub Profile

Course details

You might have heard that GitHub is a great way to find a developer job. The question is, how? For as many great contributions you’ve made, it’s all for naught if they go unnoticed. So how do you stand out? In this course, Lynn Langit shows you how to create a GitHub profile that will stand out from the crowd. She covers basics from working with your profile image and contributing code, to modifying the default GitHub template and personalizing your custom profile. This course is designed to help developers present a profile that is attractive to employers and will help you land the job you want. For a career in software development, your GitHub profile tells potential employers a great deal about who you are, what you do, and where your interests lie.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Create a great GitHub profile
02 - About using GitHub

1. Update Default Profile

03 - Default GitHub profile
04 - Profile image and data
05 - Additional profile information
06 - Before and after for default profile

2. Pin Key Repositories

07 - Types of repositories
08 - Forking interesting repositories
09 - Pinning repositories
10 - Before and after for pinned repositories

3. Contribute Code

11 - Naming repositories effectively
12 - Repository metadata
13 - Creating README.md files
14 - Before and after for your repositories

4. Create a Custom Profile

15 - Creating a profile repository
16 - Modifying the GitHub profile template
17 - Personalizing your custom profile
18 - Before and after for custom profile

Conclusion

19 - Next steps with GitHub

Craft a Great GitHub Profile

Authors

Lynn Langit