15 Best GitHub Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Github courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Johns Hopkins University and University of Washington. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 31 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "github" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Git and GitHub
Offered by Google
In this course, you’ll learn how to keep track of the different versions of your code and configuration files using a popular version control system (VCS) called Git. We'll also go through how to set up an account with a...
$49.00listed price -
2
Complete Git and Github Beginner to Expert
Hello there,Welcome to the "Complete Git and Github Beginner to Expert" online course.Git and Github from scratch using step-by-step. You will learn Git & Github with great & easy to understand examples!This cour...
$199.99listed price -
3
Git Mastery: Beginner to Expert with GitHub & GitLab
This course is all about Git and GitHub/GitLab/Azure Devops.This course comprehensively covers not only Git but also possible Git hosting providers such as GitHub/GitLab or Azure DevOps, which means no prior knowledge or...
$99.99listed price -
4
Git & GitHub for Beginners: From Start to Star
"Git & GitHub for Beginners: From Start to Star" is an immersive course designed to take you from a basic understanding to a proficient level in using Git and GitHub, two of the most essential tools in modern softwar...
$49.99listed price -
5
GitHub Fundamentals: A Project-Based Learning Approach
Master the git / GitHub workflow through hands-on practice with a real project created for the course on GitHub, engaging visuals and video lectures and constant support on the discussions forums.------------------------...
$24.99listed price -
6
Git & GitHub for Beginners: Complete Hands-On Masterclass
This course provides a practical introduction to Git and GitHub, aimed at anyone who is new to version control. You'll learn how to track code changes, manage branches, and collaborate effectively on projects through han...
$19.99listed price -
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Introduction to Reproducibility in Cancer Informatics
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
The course is intended for students in the biomedical sciences and researchers who use informatics tools in their research and have not had training in reproducibility tools and methods. This course is written for indivi...
$49.00listed price -
8
Front-End Web Development for Beginners
Offered by University of Washington
This beginner-friendly Specialization guides you through the essential skills of front-end web development. You’ll start by learning HTML and CSS to structure and style your pages, then move on to creating responsive lay...
$49.00listed price -
9
Introduction to Technical Writing
Offered by Board Infinity
Technical Writing seamlessly blends the art of communication with the nuances of technology. Tailored for a diverse audience, including writers, communicators, engineers, and IT professionals, this course serves as a bea...
$49.00listed price -
10
Hashicorp Terraform – Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
11
Meta Full Stack Developer: Front-End & Back-End from Scratch
Offered by Meta
Through this program, you'll gain hands-on experience with core full-stack web development technologies including Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS, React, and Django. Begin your learning path with a solid foundation in fron...
$49.00listed price -
12
Set up CICD For Mulesoft From Scratch
Setting up CICD is the necessity for agility in the enterprise.This requires to understand code repository, automated building of mule applicaitons, automated deployments of mule applicaitons.In turn to understand above,...
$29.99listed price -
13
Learn Ruby and Rails: Build a blog from scratch step by step
Ruby is a modern object oriented programming language, and Ruby on Rails is a popular and powerful frameworks for building web applications. Rails was built using Ruby and makes it much easier to develop web applic...
$129.99listed price -
14
Introduction to dbt: Data Modeling for Analysts
Do you want to learn how to build advanced data models within a data warehouse and become more like a data engineer?The Introduction to dbt: Data Modeling for Analysts course will reach you the fundamentals of the dbt pl...
$34.99listed price -
15
Introduction to Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
Offered by IBM
Learn the key tools and programming languages to bootstrap your career as a Cloud Developer. Get started with web development using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and GitHub.
$49.00listed price
Best GitHub Courses for Beginners compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $180.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera, Udemy and edX. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Johns Hopkins University and University of Washington — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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