Craft a Great GitHub Profile

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Free Online Course: Craft a Great GitHub Profile provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Craft a Great GitHub Profile is taught by Lynn Langit.

Overview
  • Learn how to transform your stock GitHub profile into a page that will stand out to potential employers.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Create a great GitHub profile
    • About using GitHub
    1. Update Default Profile
    • Default GitHub profile
    • Profile image and data
    • Additional profile information
    • Before and after for default profile
    2. Pin Key Repositories
    • Types of repositories
    • Forking interesting repositories
    • Pinning repositories
    • Before and after for pinned repositories
    3. Contribute Code
    • Naming repositories effectively
    • Repository metadata
    • Creating README.md files
    • Before and after for your repositories
    4. Create a Custom Profile
    • Creating a profile repository
    • Modifying the GitHub profile template
    • Personalizing your custom profile
    • Before and after for custom profile
    Conclusion
    • Next steps with GitHub