GitHub question

[AnunnakiKungFu]

I didn't see a specific section for this question, I think. Before I ask, please know that I am new to programming, I am not the smartest person in the world but I am trying my best. I've been reading about GitHub but I can't exactly understand what it's for. Is it a code sharing website that you can store your own code on? Like, people can see it and critique it?

Thank you guys for the help!

[Jeff900]

I didn't see a specific section for this question, I think. Before I ask, please know that I am new to programming, I am not the smartest person in the world but I am trying my best. I've been reading about GitHub but I can't exactly understand what it's for. Is it a code sharing website that you can store your own code on? Like, people can see it and critique it?

Thank you guys for the help!

I could be, but to understand GitHub, maybe you should start off with learning about "git" itself. GitHub is a (cloud) service based on git. Basically, git is a tool for version control. You can work with different branches, merge branches etc. You can do this working individually, but you can collaborate with other people working on the same code. And eventually merge all the good work to one master branch.

With services as GitHub you can also share code. You can clone code from GitHub to you local machine and do whatever you want with it.

[AnunnakiKungFu]

Thank you! I will get to work on learning Git then. :D

[snippsat]

This is good intro Make Your First Contribution on GitHub.
It's bye Miguel Grinberg a well known guy in the Python community,because of his Flask stuff.

[AnunnakiKungFu]

Thank you!

[Naheed]

Github is like social media for programmers. They can upload their code and show off their skill.
Experts comment on the project and guide on how to remove the drawbacks. Moreover, You can find
free code there related to various projects, basically open-source code repository.