Description
You can do more with Git than just build software. This practical guide delivers a unique people-first approach to version control that also explains how using Git as a focal point can help your team work better together. You'll learn how to plan and pursue a Git workflow that not only ensures that you accomplish project goals, but also fits the immediate needs and future growth of your team.
The first part of the book on structuring workflow is useful for project managers, technical team leads, and CTOs. The second part provides hands-on exercises to help developers gain a better understanding of Git commands.
- Explore the dynamics of team building
- Walk through the process of creating and deploying software with Git
- Structure workflow to influence the way your team collaborates
- Learn a useful process for conducting code reviews
- Set up a shared repository and identify specific team members as contributors, consumers, or maintainers
- Know the why behind the Git commands your teammates use
- Use branching strategies to separate different approaches to your project
- Examine popular collaboration platforms: GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab
Author: Emma Hogbin Westby
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 10/06/2015
Pages: 353
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781491911181
ISBN10: 1491911182
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Programming | General
- Computers | Software Development & Engineering | Quality Assurance & Tes
- Computers | Internet | Web Programming
About the Author
Emma Jane Hogbin Westby has been developing Web sites since 1996--initially as a developer, and now as a team leader. She has been teaching Web-related technologies since 2002 and has delivered over 100 conference presentations, courses, and workshops around the world on front end web development, accessibility standards, distributed version control, virtualisation, and change management. She has previously authored two books on Web development.
Emma encourages non-traditional participation in technology through craft, and is an amateur beekeeper. You can follow her on Twitter at @emmajanehw.