WDD 131 | Setup

Setup: Hosting on GitHub

Overview

The purpose of this setup activity is to establish a remote repository that will render and serve web pages to clients. This class uses the GitHub platform to host your course work and the GitHub Pages service to render your work as a normal, client requested website.

GitHub is a web-based platform used for version control and collaboration. GitHub offers the distributed version control and source code management functionality of Git, and has its own features.

Instructions

You do NOT need a separate GitHub account for this class.

A GitHub account is required.
If you already have a GitHub account, use it. Your account on GitHub can host many repositories/projects.
On GitHub, create a new repository named "wdd131" (all lowercase, no quotes). You will use this repository for all of your coursework.

Video Demonstration: ▶️ Create a GitHub Repository [ 1:16 minutes ]
Verify that you have Git installed on your computer. You can check the status of git by using a command line interface and typing
```
git --version
```
If you do not have git installed on your computer, go to Getting Started - Installing Git and follow the directions for your operating system.
Verify that your git global username and email are configured on your local system.
```
git config --list
```
Git Configuration if needed

Use your GitHub username and byui email address for your git configuration. If you have not configured your git username and email, use the following commands to set them up. Enter within the empty quotes your GitHub username and byui email address as implied.
```
git config --global user.name ""
```
```
git config --global user.email ""
```
Remember that nothing will output when you enter these commands correctly, otherwise you will get an error message.
Set the git configuration file to NOT ignore case changes/renaming in file and folder names.
```
git config --global core.ignorecase false
```
Clone the repository to your local system.

Video Demonstration: ▶️ Cloning a GitHub Repository [ 9:25 minutes ]

The local repository folder is your working repository from which you will build, test, edit, commit and then finally, deploy/upload when you are ready.
Publishing Process: Open the repository folder in VS Code and test that you can make additions/changes, commit those changes, and push (upload) to your wdd131 remote GitHub Pages repository for public.

Video Demonstration: ▶️ Publishing Workflow [ 5:16 minutes ]

This workflow demonstration video is from WDD 130 and references that course. The principles, however, are the same and that is the purpose of the video. The video instruction is NOT for you to follow blindly, step by step. This idea of learning and then applying principles is very important in software and web development.

Getting Help

If you were not able to complete any of these steps, then you are not ready for the course work.
Please reach out for help in Microsoft Teams or message your instructor.