Developer FoundationsBeginnerFree

Save Your Code Challenge

Terminal basics & version control with Git

The command line and Git are the two tools every developer uses every single day — yet most beginners skip them and suffer for it later. This course fixes that. You'll go from zero to confidently navigating your filesystem, tracking code history, undoing mistakes, and collaborating on GitHub. Twelve focused lessons. No fluff.

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Connected curriculum — Course 2 of 4

This course follows How the Internet Works. You know what happens when code runs in a browser — now learn to manage that code properly with the terminal and Git.

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4 hours total12 lessons340 learners

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Lessons

4 hours

Duration

Beginner

Level

Free

Price

What you'll learn

Navigate your filesystem with confidence using the terminal

Create, move, copy, and delete files without a mouse

Understand what version control is and why it matters

Initialise a Git repo and make your first commit

Write meaningful commit messages like a pro

Roll back mistakes with git reset and git checkout

Create and merge branches for clean feature development

Push code to GitHub and open your first pull request

Collaborate with others using forks and pull requests

Set up SSH keys and never type your password again

Course curriculum

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What is the terminal and why do developers use it?

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Navigating folders: pwd, ls, and cd

10 min

Creating and deleting: mkdir, touch, rm

9 min

Challenge: Build a project folder structure

Challenge12 min

After this course →

HTML & CSS Foundations

Now that you can manage code with Git, it is time to write some. HTML & CSS Foundations teaches you to build real web pages — and you will use Git to track every change from lesson one.

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