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abhishek-kumar09/github-slideshow

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2021-02-01

RubyAudience · generalComplexity · 1/5DormantSetup · easy

TLDR

A beginner-friendly training repo from GitHub Learning Lab that teaches you how to use GitHub through hands-on practice with an automated bot guiding you via issues and pull requests.

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    What it does
      Interactive GitHub course
      Bot guided issues
      Hands on practice
    Tech stack
      Ruby
      reveal js
    Use cases
      Learn pull requests
      Practice issues
      Build Git confidence
    Audience
      Beginners
      PMs and founders
      New developers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Practice creating issues and pull requests in a safe sandbox.

USE CASE 2

Learn the GitHub collaboration workflow by completing guided tasks from a bot.

USE CASE 3

Build confidence with version control before working on real projects with a team.

What is it built with?

Rubyreveal.js

How does it compare?

abhishek-kumar09/github-slideshow100rabhg/masterdetailapp100rabhg/pizzafactroy
LanguageRubyRubyRuby
Last pushed2021-02-012024-02-202025-01-26
MaintenanceDormantDormantStale
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity1/52/53/5
Audiencegeneraldeveloperpm founder

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Simply start the GitHub Learning Lab course and the automated bot will handle the setup and guide you through the steps.

No license details were mentioned in the explanation, so assume default copyright restrictions apply.

In plain English

This repository is a hands-on training space created for GitHub's Learning Lab program. It's designed to teach beginners how to use GitHub by walking them through an interactive course. Instead of just reading instructions, you learn by doing: a bot acts as your instructor and communicates with you directly through GitHub's issue and pull request features. The way it works is straightforward. When you start the course, an automated bot greets you and creates an issue in the repository's issue tracker. You follow the bot's guidance and complete tasks within the project, and the bot responds to your actions with feedback and next steps. The repository itself contains a slide presentation built on an open-source tool called reveal.js, which serves as the practical backdrop for the exercises you complete. This project is meant for people who are new to version control and want to learn how GitHub works. For example, if you are a project manager, a founder, or a beginner developer who has never created a pull request or managed an issue, this course gives you a safe sandbox to practice. You would use it to build confidence with GitHub's core collaboration features before working on real projects with a team. One notable detail is that the project is built on reveal.js, a popular framework for creating presentations that run in a web browser. The course creators modified the history of the repository specifically to make it work smoothly as a teaching tool. The goal is to remove friction so you can focus entirely on learning the workflow rather than troubleshooting the underlying code.

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Prompt 1
How do I complete the first issue assigned by the GitHub Learning Lab bot in this slideshow repository?
Prompt 2
What are the next steps the bot expects me to take after I submit my first pull request in this training repo?
Prompt 3
Help me understand the relationship between the reveal.js slide presentation and the GitHub issues I am being asked to resolve in this course.

Frequently asked questions

What is github-slideshow?

A beginner-friendly training repo from GitHub Learning Lab that teaches you how to use GitHub through hands-on practice with an automated bot guiding you via issues and pull requests.

What language is github-slideshow written in?

Mainly Ruby. The stack also includes Ruby, reveal.js.

Is github-slideshow actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2021-02-01).

What license does github-slideshow use?

No license details were mentioned in the explanation, so assume default copyright restrictions apply.

How hard is github-slideshow to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is github-slideshow for?

Mainly general.

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