GitHub Extension for Visual Studio from Skillsoft

Online, Self-Paced

GitHub is highly extensible; you can use several tools when working with it. In this course, you'll learn about the GitHub extension for Visual Studio, Visual Studio tasks, branches, and changes, and pull requests.

Learning Objectives

Reset and Collaboration

start the course
define the three levels of reset and how they differ
describe how to use GitHub for collaboration
recall best practices for presenting your work to others

GitHub for Visual Studio

demonstrate how to set up the GitHub extension for Visual Studio
describe how to upload an existing Visual Studio project to a GitHub repository
describe how to sign in and add repositories with the GitHub extension for Visual Studio

Visual Studio Tasks

specify the initial steps for working with a GitHub repository in Visual Studio
describe how to create an initial commit from Visual Studio using the GitHub for Visual Studio extension
demonstrate how to push an initial commit from Visual Studio using the GitHub for Visual Studio extension

Branches and Changes

describe the local master branch and how it differs from origin/master
recall how local branches are created using the GitHub for Visual Studio extension
describe how to publish local branches to a GitHub repository using the Visual Studio extension
specify how to push changes to a branch to the GitHub repository

Pull Requests

describe how to create pull requests and review them in Visual Studio
demonstrate how to add a pull request branch in Visual Studio and comment on pull requests
describe how branches in Visual Studio are treated
specify how to merge pull requests using Visual Studio and GitHub

Practice: Working with GitHub Tools