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GitHub Basics for Non-Devs

Beginner53mUpdated 2026-05-01
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About this course

Throw it in the cart. The 4 moves (clone, commit, branch, PR) that handle 95% of real work, plus the least-privilege API key discipline that prevents the leaked-secret disasters everyone talks about.

What you'll learn

Git vs GitHub — what's actually different
Clone, commit, push, branch, PR — the daily moves
Connect GitHub to Vercel for deploy-on-push
Spot when v0/Lovable destroy your work — and recover with Claude Code
Use least-privilege API keys to prevent leaked-secret disasters
Use public repos as your portfolio
Know when to pick GitHub vs GitLab vs Bitbucket

Course curriculum

6 modules·20 lessons·Total 53m
01Why this 45 minutes unlocks the rest of the stackPreview1m
02Git vs GitHub — they're different thingsPreview1m
03When Allen actually uses Git vs when he lets Claude handle it1m
01Cloning a repo (downloading from Git)1m
02Commits + push — what's actually happening under the hood1m
03Branches — main vs feature branch (90% of what you'll ever need)1m
04Pull requests + code reviews — the team workflow2m
01Connecting GitHub to Vercel — the deploy trigger1m
02CLI vs API key — when each wins1m
03Least-privilege API keys — why scoped access prevents disasters2m
04GitHub Actions briefly — when it actually makes sense1m
01The v0 push/pull horror — it overwrites your manual edits and you can't get them backPreview1m
02Lovable's commit-history problem — sometimes it just doesn't commit, sometimes it force-pushes1m
03Why Claude Code handles git properly — real CLI, real branches, no surprise overwrites1m
01Lines of code + commit history — your work timeline1m
02Deployment tracking — every push → every deploy, all logged2m
03Forks — what they are, when to use one1m
04Using public repos as your portfolio1m
01GitHub vs GitLab vs Bitbucket — when to pick which1m
02Your bundle upgrade path — all bundles1m

What you take home

2 downloadable artifacts

Every course ships with the methodology AND the working assets. Drop them straight into your stack — they're AI-feedable, so you can paste them into Claude / Cursor / ChatGPT as a system prompt.

Git command quick-reference card

Cheatsheet

The 20 commands that handle 95% of real work — printable PDF + markdown version.

.gitignore templates pack

Template

Pre-built .gitignore files for Next.js / Python / generic — never accidentally commit secrets again.

Meet your instructor

Allen Seavert — in residence

Founder · SetupBots · Phoenix, AZ

13+ years building. Shipped marketplaces, CRMs, lead engines, and content pipelines for clients from solo founders to 8-figure companies. Built a production experiences marketplace from scratch — scraped 13,706 leads with AI, wired a seat-race booking system, and automated cold email at scale. Now teaching the methodology.

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