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Learn Git by Doing: A step-by-step guide to version control (Udemy.com)

Learn the basics of Git through detailed and easy to follow along screencasts. Start using Git today!

Created by: Codingdojo, Inc.

Last updated January 2017

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What you will learn

  • Track and Modify projects using Git
  • Revert/Reset their project to a previous version
  • Create multiple versions of a project and merge them together
  • Collaborate and share projects using Github
  • Understand when and why to use Git and/or Github for version control on a project
  • Recognize when to use what Git command in the terminal
  • Use advanced git commands for more complex tracking and editing scenarios

How it compares

Against the other 108 rated Udemy courses in Git on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 53% of them
  • Reviews12,908#10 of 109 by number of reviews
  • Length1.7 hoursshorter than 77% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2017earlier than 93% of them

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Overall Score : 90 / 100

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Course Description

Learn Git By Doing

This course is designed to get students working with Git and Github as soon as possible. By the end of the course students will have hands-on experience working with Git and Github and will be able to use Version Control on any project.

Course Principles

  1. Learn By Doing -- We believe that the best way to learn is by doing. That is why all of the core videos are designed for you to be able to follow along and reinforce the concepts taught in the video by actually typing along.

  2. 80/20 Rule -- With most technologies it takes 20% of the knowledge about the technology to be able to accomplish 80% of the tasks you need to do with that technology. Therefore it’s important to start by learning that crucial 20% that allows you to get up and running with the technology quickly. We still believe that you should learn the rest as well so we’ve included that material in the Advanced Topics section and continue to add to it.

  3. I do, We do, You do -- We believe that the best way to learn a new technology is to first observe how it is used, then code along with someone, and finally use the technology yourself. This is why we have our videos along with assignments throughout the course that allow you to solidify what you learned from following along.

Course Structure

The course is split into two main sections: Core Competencies and Advanced Topics.

Within the Core Competencies we first go over using the Terminal for students who have absolutely no experience with the Terminal (this section can easily be skipped by those who already feel comfortable interacting with the Terminal). We teach students how to navigate their folder structure and create files and folders. We then jump straight into Git and teach students how to create repositories and commit changes. We then teach students how to “go back in time” with resetting and reverting before moving on to branching and merging. After teaching the basics of Git we add in Github to show students how to interact with a remote repository and then we go over the proper workflow for collaborating using a remote repository.

After going through the Core Competencies we feel that the student will have a solid foundation to be able to use Git with collaborators on 80% of the tasks they may need to tackle.

In the Advanced Topics section we periodically add content on some more advanced aspects of git including Rebasing, Stashing, advanced Merge scenarios, etc. to make sure that students always have a place to learn the advanced concepts that they may not see too often but still need to know.

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Instructor Details

Codingdojo, Inc.

Coding Dojo is a Coding Boot Camp that provides Online, Onsite and Hybrid immersive training environments for everyone and anyone. At Coding Dojo, students quickly learn to code and think like software engineers and develop web applications as an end result. We cover HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MVC, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, OOP, and much more. Our students receive mentored guidance, quick feedback and curated course content, all while building real applications and solving real problems.

Since 2010, our commitment to quality has produced a polished curriculum and well–rounded course structure, which we continue to improve with every new cohort. Given the rapid growth of technology, our staff believes that our school must act likewise: to be adaptive, versatile, and most of all highly relevant.

Coding Dojo graduates go on to work in a range of developer roles at world-class companies including REI, IBM, Microsoft and Plantronics, and also play key roles in fast-growing start-ups.

Campuses in Seattle, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Dallas.

Ketul "Jay" Patel  teaches at CodingDojo and consults for companies in the Bay Area on tech-related issues. At CodingDojo, Jay teaches and practices web development and specializes in Javascript, Python, and iOS.  

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Reviews

4.5

12,908 ratings on Udemy

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By Udemy User on 12/10/2025

Perfect crash-course to start learning Git and GitHub. I had some problems to set up the SSH-Key because i never used GitHub before, maybe it would be useful to add these thew steps to the explanation.

By Anonymized User on 7/3/2023

Generell war er gut verständlich. Aber er war nicht aus einem Guss. So gab es nur anfangs Übungsaufgaben und die Beispielrepositories während des Trainings wechselten. Es wäre besser geweisen bei einem Beispiel zu bleiben und anhand diesem alles vorzuführen.

By Anonymized User on 5/19/2023

its a great course to understand the concepts...but it was really good explanation from jay side ..when sochang came he was in a hurry to just finish those advanced topics section..where imp topics like git rebase,git sqash,git stash are there...anyway had a good learning..thanks..

By Benjamin Rojas on 5/18/2022

Buen curso, abarca desde lo más básico a lo más usado. En especial los primeros topicos avanzados. Entendiendo bien este curso y todo su contenido estarás listo para ocupar git ya sea avanzado o a nivel de principiante. Se agradece los ejercicios prácticos. Son sencillos, pero muchos otros cursos no los tiene.

By Anonymized User on 6/12/2019

This course is amazing before taking this course I was not aware of how to work with Git. Now I feel very confident and can start work with the Git. Thanks a lot for such an awesome course.

By Jay A. Yap on 1/30/2019

I've taken two other Git courses on Udemy and was not completely satisfied by either. I think this is the clearest explanation of the subject that I've found. Content wise, the creators did a fantastic, five-star job. However, I decided to knock my review a half-star for the following reasons: One, the presentation's audio is inconsistent in sound levels, and at times is overwhelmed by keyboard typing sounds. Two, from what I can see, the creators do not seem to be responding in the Q/A section. Otherwise, this coarse would be perfect. As it is, it still provides the best explanation of Git that I've found on Udemy. I recommend it as such.

By Heidi Page on 1/5/2019

C9 has changed to Amazon, and the prompts are different. Also, I am unable to create directories and files in my "environment" which (I assume) is what is referred to in the course as "workspace". So, I am unable to follow as I should because the course has not been updated to reflect Amazon's presence.

By Stefan Nowak on 9/20/2018

+ Well structured (setup, local git, remote/collaborative git) + Well digestible units + Good combination of practise and theory ++ Visualization were very helpful: git commit history as visual graph from http://git-school.github.io/visualizing-git/ and their own genuine infographics were also good.

By Anonymized User on 2/20/2018

I received the knowledge/know how I required to use git effectively from the Bash Shell. The course was effective because it was hands on by pausing the video and following along with the instructor--that is key. The cheat sheet is also good. The only issue was that Cloud9 was acquired by AWS and is no longer accessible. Notepad++ and Bash worked fine as an alternative.

By Tony Cai on 5/27/2017

I watched all the videos in this course, and did all the exercises. The course is short and clear. Every scenario is designed and explained very well. It is very helpful to get you start using Git. Only suggestion is for video 3 for Git installation on windows. It is not an installation of Git on windows, instead, the author introduced us to use C9. It is cool, but, a bit of distracting. I think using Git Bash is easier for you to follow the course, which is what I did.

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