Hands on Github
Accessing Repositories
- Fork
- Zip Archive
Being Social
- Stars
- Forks
- Watch
Jekyll Site Configuration
Jekyll is a simple configuration of folders and files that enable a powerful blog interpreter for Github pages.
You don’t need to install Jekyll locally. Github’s co-founder wrote Jekyll so Github pages defaults to using Jekyll.
Understanding Jekyll Components
- layouts
- includes
- posts
Some necessary syntax
Gists
Your projects are going to be written using Gists so we will understand them a bit.
Markdown
Gists in Jekyll
Gists are easily embedded into Github pages using Jekyll. This point illustrates the reusability of some software based tools.
How could you improve the reusability of some of your work?
Local Repository Access
- Github Application on Windows or Mac
- Command Line Tool
- Cloning