Why is GitHub needed?

Question

GitHub

Friends, I'm currently studying programming, it's clear that github noticed ...
The essence of the question is how to work with github?
The site itself is very confusing, even with my knowledge of English there are professional language programmers, devops people.
With every visit to github, I do not understand anything, there are ordinary things like just git, but after downloading the same repository, issues, marks for download, do I need it the same? c++ programmer who just needs a reliable repository of code and programs. Also please explain why people upload open source archives to their program they worked on? What is the benefit for them? Or I don't understand at all...

Answer 1

If you "just need a reliable repository of code and programs", then you do not need to go to the web interface.
I created an account, registered an ssh-key and that's it.
git commit, git push, git pull, that's all your commands.

Answer 2

why do people upload open source archives to their software they worked on

the goal of some is to do something public, to share the code, not only to give something away, but also to get feedback and maybe some help from the community (initiating issues, or publishing pull requests with their solution), you don’t want the code to be visible to someone, you can make a private repository, or even store it somewhere at home, even if locally.

Answer 3

How to figure out how to use ) You will immediately understand what Github is for =)

Answer 4

First, read what a version control system is . (this is git, svn, ...)
GitHub is a service that provides public access to a repository.
You can use it as cloud storage for your own repositories (private repositories), or publish open source projects. For example, a library for working with pictures.