How I use GitHub to Learn to Code

My talk about the resources I've used over the last year to learn to code, including GitHub.com the website.

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1. How I use GitHub to learn to code
2. Alyson La Accountant @GitHub GitHubber since Oct 2012 - Learning to code since Oct 2012 @taxaly on the Twitter @alysonla on the GitHub
3. Open Source Contribution
4. HTML/CSS Game
5. Random Hack
6. FAQ • You do accounting, that must suck. Not really, I like money. • You’re learning to code, you must want to become a programmer. Not particularly. See above. • Why are you learning to code? It’s fun to build things.
7. How I started: Ask all the questions • What exactly is version control? • Fork, clone, and push/pull - hwaht? • What is a pull request? • What is a commit? • Why do people love GitHub?
8. GitHub: The best place to share and collaborate on code
9. I want to code too, but howwwww?
11. RailsBridge
12. Rails Girls
13. Codecademy
14. YouTube
15. DIY.org
16. Bare Bones Basics HTML CSS Rails Ruby JavaScript Git
17. GitHub
18. How to use GitHub to learn to code Find a bug/problem? ON
19. How to use GitHub to learn to code Find a good README - I can follow directions, I swear.
20. How to use GitHub to learn to code Have an idea for an app?
21. How to use GitHub to learn to code Looking for inspiration?
22. How to use GitHub to learn how to code Be a contributor
23. Thank you! https://github.com/explore/subscribe