GitHub for no-coders

Exploring GitHub’s free tools for creating content, managing projects, and sharing knowledge from a #nocode perspective

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Agenda

  • Why GitHub
  • What it offers
  • When to consider
  • What to do next
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So why GitHub?

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A little about me

  • Early web nerd
  • Roundabout route to UX Design
  • Head of Design at Bixal

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Bixal

A civic tech firm working with the U.S. federal government to improve digital services

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The Bixal website on a black iPad Pro sitting on white table along with a notebook, a cup of coffee, eyeglasses, and an Apple Pencil.
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My top 3 reasons

  • The #buildinpublic O.G.
  • DeCo: decentralized code and content
  • Bundling of project management, documentation, and knowledge sharing tools
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Oh, and did I mention you can do most everything you need to do for free?

—GitHub Pricing

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Let’s take a look at use cases and features

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Tracking work

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Marking progress

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Documenting and sharing

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Community and collaboration

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Is GitHub right for me?

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When to consider

  • Working with devs who are already using it
  • Simple, free way to build in public
    • Create a homebase to reference your other work
    • Maintain full control over your content
  • More advanced version control of content
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Next steps

  1. Create an account
  2. Poke around
  3. Glance at my glossary
  4. Learn Markdown
  5. Subscribe to my newsletter!
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Thank you!