New User Checklist

[liligalante]

Learning GitHub can feel overwhelming especially when deciding where to begin. Luckily, we’ve compiled a checklist to get you on the track to being a GitHub expert. Complete our checklist below (linked with helpful resources too!) to start your journey to expert status.

• Create a repository
  • Write your readme for your repo (Bonus points if you upload an image)
  • Some tips
• Create a folder in the repo
  • Click here for help
• Clone the folder in the repo
  • How to clone a repo
  • How to upload an entire folder
• Practice writing in Markdown
  • Cheatsheet
  • Hint: make sure the file has a .md extension (you can add it yourself)
• Add an Issue Template
  • Find Issue Templates here
• Watch a repository you’re interested in
  • Some ones we’re watching:
    • GitHub Training Kit
    • How to Cook
    • Basic Computer Games
• Submit a Pull Request
  • Resource

Let us know what you’d like to learn next once you have the basics down.

[tuves]

This is the one!!!

• Hint: make sure the file has a .md extension (you can add it yourself)

Where was this new user checklist when I was starting out?! Love this, @liligalante!