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Microsoft

Build community-driven software projects on GitHub

Microsoft via Microsoft Learn

Overview

  • Module 1: Learn to use key GitHub features, including issues, notifications, branches, commits, and pull requests.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Communicate with the project community in issues
    • Manage notifications for project events
    • Create branches to manage work in parallel
    • Make commits to update project source
    • Introduce changes with pull requests
    • Deploy a web page to GitHub Pages
  • Module 2: Learn to manage a successful InnerSource program on GitHub through effective discoverability, guidance, and maintenance.
  • In this module, you will learn to:

    • Contrast user versus organization owned projects
    • Make recommendations about the number of GitHub organizations you should have
    • Create discoverable repositories
    • Create robust repository READMEs
    • Use issue and pull request templates
    • Build transparency into repositories
    • Measure the success of InnerSource within your organization
    • Distribute your InnerSource toolkit
  • Module 3: Learn to create a successful open-source program by establishing contributor guidance, following proven processes, and leveraging community standards.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Assess your organization's existing open-source efforts
    • Establish the goals of an open-source program
    • Create a repository for your open-source program, complete with contributing and communication guidelines, codes of conduct, templates, and maintainer guides
    • Abide by existing open-source licenses
    • Choose a license for releasing an open-source project
  • Module 4: Learn to upload your existing project to GitHub.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Identify where your code is stored
    • Introduce code to a repository
    • Create important Git files like a .gitignore
    • Identify important next steps to manage your repository and add community involvement
  • Module 5: Learn to move your existing project to GitHub from a legacy version control system.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Prepare your project for a successful migration
    • Handle any binary files currently stored in your project
    • Create important Git files like a .gitignore
    • Import your project to GitHub
  • Module 6: Learn best practices for building, hosting, and maintaining a secure repository on GitHub.
  • In this module, you will:

    • Identify the tools and GitHub features to establish a secure development strategy
    • Enable vulnerable dependency detection for private repositories
    • Detect and fix outdated dependencies with security vulnerabilities
    • Automate the detection of vulnerable dependencies with Dependabot
    • Add a security policy with a SECURITY.md file
    • Remove a commit exposing sensitive data in a pull request
    • Keep sensitive files out of your repository by applying the use of a .gitignore file
    • Remove historical commits exposing sensitive data deep in your repository
  • Module 7: Learn how to contribute to an open-source project on GitHub.
  • In this module, you will learn how to:

    • Find open-source projects and tasks to contribute to in GitHub.
    • Create pull requests to open-source projects.
    • Implement best practices to communicate with open-source maintainers and perform code reviews.
    • Find and engage with open-source communities.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Introduction to GitHub
    • Introduction
    • What is GitHub?
    • Exercise - A guided tour of GitHub
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Manage an InnerSource program by using GitHub
    • Introduction
    • How to manage a successful InnerSource program
    • Exercise - InnerSource fundamentals
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Create an open-source program by using GitHub best practices
    • Introduction
    • How to establish an open-source program
    • Exercise - Create an open-source program
    • Describe the benefits of the open-source community
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Upload your project by using GitHub best practices
    • Introduction
    • How do I prepare and upload an existing project to GitHub?
    • Exercise - Upload your project to GitHub
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Migrate your repository by using GitHub best practices
    • Introduction
    • How do I migrate an existing project to GitHub?
    • Exercise - Migrating your repository to GitHub
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Maintain a secure repository by using GitHub best practices
    • Introduction
    • How to maintain a secure GitHub repository
    • Exercise - Add a .gitignore file
    • Automated security
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 7: Contribute to an open-source project on GitHub
    • Introduction
    • Identify where you can help
    • Contribute to an open-source repository
    • Exercise - Create your first pull request
    • Next steps
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary

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