Introducing Github: A Non-Technical Guide

If you re new to GitHub, this concise book shows you just what you need to get started and no more. It s perfect for project and product managers, stakeholders, and other team members who want to collaborate on a development project whether it s to review and comment on work in progress or to contribute specific changes. It s also great for developers just learning GitHub.

GitHub has rapidly become the default platform for software development, but it s also ideal for other text-based documents, from contracts to screenplays. This hands-on book shows you how to use GitHub s web interface to view projects and collaborate effectively with your team.Learn how and why people use GitHub to collaborateView the status of a project recent changes, outstanding work, and historic changesCreate and edit files through GitHub without learning GitSuggest changes to projects you don t have permission to edit directlyUse tools like issues, pull requests, and branches to specify and collaborate on changesCreate a new GitHub repository to control who has access to your project"