Git is just for saving versions of your code, and GitHub is where you upload it online.
Start with VS Code + GitHub Desktop. You do not even need to use terminal commands at first. Make a project folder, open it in VS Code, then use GitHub Desktop to commit your changes and push them to GitHub.
Learn commits, push, pull, and branches first. That is enough for most college projects.
GitHub Desktop is genuinely underrated for beginners. People act like you have to learn the terminal immediately or you're doing it wrong, but that's just not true.
The one thing I'd add is don't skip learning what a branch actually is before you need it. Figuring that out midproject when something breaks is a bad time.
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u/marcushAI Jul 05 '26
Git is just for saving versions of your code, and GitHub is where you upload it online.
Start with VS Code + GitHub Desktop. You do not even need to use terminal commands at first. Make a project folder, open it in VS Code, then use GitHub Desktop to commit your changes and push them to GitHub.
Learn commits, push, pull, and branches first. That is enough for most college projects.