The University of Manchester
- Start Date: 01 May, 2023
- 6 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Find out how to improve code quality and work collaboratively on large-scale projects using Git.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Gain an in-depth introduction to remote collaboration with Git
Git is an enormously powerful and flexible version control system used by over 90% of developers.
On this course, you’ll discover ways to visualise and explore a project’s history through Git repositories. These skills will allow you to quickly adapt to a new collaborative environment, especially when working with Git remotely.
Collaborate on Git projects of any scale while maintaining high code quality
Led by experts at the University of Manchester, you’ll learn techniques like code review to ensure safe code changes, maintain high-quality code, and keep consistent coding styles across large teams.
By exploring Git as a quality assurance tool, you’ll discover how to use it to facilitate team learning, and further improve your collaboration, workflows, and code quality.
Build your understanding of Git commands and the system structure to easily solve issues in Git
This course will expand your knowledge of the underlying structure that powers Git, which will allow you to more easily solve problems when something goes wrong.
By building a solid understanding of how to use Git in collaboration with a team, you’ll discover how to benefit most from its features and improve overall code quality.
Explore Git’s capabilities with leading software engineers
This practical Git course has been developed by The University of Manchester, who have a long-established history of teaching software engineering and conducting research into the field.
 | Professional software engineers and consultants will guide you through the course to help you discover how you can make Git work best for you and your team. |
[Git Logo by Jason Long. Licensed under the CC Attribution 3.0 Unported License.]
This course is designed for anyone involved in software development projects looking to improve code quality and collaboration using Git. You might also be interested if you wish to contribute to mainstream open-source projects.
Installing a recent version of Git will allow you to take part in activities and make the most of the course.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
The University of Manchester
Tracing its roots back to 1824, The University of Manchester is part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities and is highly respected across the globe as a centre of teaching excellence and innovative research, offering outstanding facilities and more than 1,000 degree programmes. With 25 Nobel Prize winners among its current and former staff and students, the University has a history of world firsts and brilliant discoveries, from splitting the atom to giving the world graphene.
Today there are three Nobel laureates at Manchester – more than at any other British university – and almost 38,000 students, making it the largest single-site university in the UK.
The University has three core goals: to undertake world-class research; to deliver an outstanding learning and student experience; and to be socially responsible in all its activities.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
COLLABORATION POLICY
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Not engage in any activity that would dishonestly improve my results, or improve or hurt the results of others.
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Not post answers to problems that are being used to assess student performance.
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VIOLATIONS
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Receiving a zero or no credit for an assignment;
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Termination of your use of the App and/or Site.
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Effective Date: September 22, 2016