GitHub Developer Training
Boost your productivity and collaboration as a developer using GitHub. In this hands-on training, you’ll learn how to work with GitHub like a pro: from pull requests to actions, and from branching strategies to security best practices.
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Anja van Ackern
Training Advisor
What will I learn?
This training helps developers become fluent in GitHub’s essential and advanced features. You’ll learn how to contribute confidently to shared codebases, automate workflows with GitHub Actions, manage repositories efficiently, and implement secure development practices.
Key takeaways
- Master GitHub workflows: branches, commits, PRs, reviews
- Use GitHub Actions to automate CI/CD and developer tasks
- Manage repositories, issues, and teams like a pro
- Apply security best practices and secret scanning
Program
The training is fully hands-on. Developers will work in their own sandbox environment and collaborate via real repositories. You’ll explore core GitHub functionalities, automation with Actions, and techniques for clean, secure collaboration. Best practices are explained throughout.
- GitHub fundamentals: clone, commit, push, pull request
- Branching strategies and code review etiquette
- Using issues, labels, and projects for task tracking
- Repository structure and README/documentation
Who is it for?
This course is ideal for frontend and backend developers, DevOps engineers, technical leads, and QA engineers who want to collaborate professionally using GitHub and get the most out of GitHub’s toolset.
Requirements
Experience with Git (basic commit/push/merge)
GitHub account and laptop with development tools installed
Comfort working in a terminal or IDE
Why should I follow this training?
Work smarter in GitHub
Improve your speed, structure, and team contribution
Automate your dev workflows
Build and run CI/CD with GitHub Actions
Build secure, clean codebases
Apply secure coding and repo best practices
Exam and Certification
There is no formal exam. Participants receive a certificate of participation. The training can be extended with GitHub Advanced topics or tailored to specific tech stacks (e.g., Node.js, Java, Python).
What else
should I know?
After registration, you’ll receive a confirmation email with all practical information. One week before the session, we’ll ask about dietary requirements.
This course is also available as an in-company hands-on workshop.
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Course information
Two-day hands-on developer training using GitHub
Includes GitHub Actions, secrets, code reviews, and more
Bring your own laptop and GitHub account
Lunch included
