Workshop

Git and GitHub for Beginners

Ayon Bhattacharya

Product Designer at Eve

Xinran Ma

Founder of Design with AI

Learn just enough Git & GitHub to build better with AI

You start to build with AI without a technical background.

However, whether you want to track your project, publish your work, or collaborate with a team, you will eventually run into Git and GitHub, and suddenly you are facing intimidating new jargons and workflows with no clear idea how they work.

Most Git tutorials are written by engineers, for engineers. They assume you already know what a branch is, why you would want one, and how all the pieces fit together. This workshop is built to bridge that gap.

In this hands-on, two-hour workshop on June 18 from 5–7 PM EDT, you’ll learn Git concepts in simple terms, watch real-world examples and demos, follow along live, run commands yourself, and discover how to let AI handle the Git busywork for you.

It’s practical, beginner-friendly, and designed around real-world team collaboration. You'll leave able to collaborate on code, ship what you build, and know how to work alongside developers with more confidence.

Git stops being the thing that blocks you and becomes just another powerful tool in your workflow.

What you’ll learn

Finally understand Git and GitHub, hands-on, built for people who build with AI but aren't engineers.

  • Run init, status, add, commit, push, pull, fetch, and merge yourself in your own repo, not just watch a demo

  • Learn a simple mental model of how git tracks changes so the commands stop feeling random

  • Build the everyday "save and share my work" loop into muscle memory

  • Connect a GitHub repo to Vercel or Netlify and deploy in a few clicks

  • Watch a single push turn into a real, working URL you can share

  • Understand the basic build-and-deploy flow so you can repeat it on your own projects

  • See Cursor and Claude Code stage, commit, and branch on your behalf

  • Learn what to ask the AI for, and how to check it did the right thing

  • Build the habit of letting AI handle the busywork while you stay in control

  • Tour a realistic team setup: branches, pull requests, and main/master

  • Learn branch naming, keeping changes small, and writing clear commit and PR messages

  • Pick up the basic etiquette that makes you ready to contribute alongside developers

Workshop agenda

  • Welcome and the big picture

    What git and GitHub actually are, in plain terms, and why they keep showing up the moment you start building with AI. A simple mental model so the commands later make sense instead of feeling random.

  • The git basics, hands-on

    init, status, add, commit, push, pull, fetch, merge. You'll work in your own repo and actually run them, not just watch. The goal is getting comfortable with the loop you'll use every day.

  • Merge conflicts

    What they are, why they happen, and how to fix one live. This is the thing most beginners dread, so we take the fear out of it.

  • Get it live

    Connect a GitHub repo to Vercel or Netlify and watch a push turn into a real, working URL. This is the "I put something on the internet" moment.

  • Let AI do the git for you

    How to get Cursor and Claude Code to stage, commit, branch, and manage things for you. Plus a quick look at what git looks like on a real team.

  • Wrap-up and Q&A

    Get all your questions answered and take your first steps toward contributing to a real codebase.

Learn directly from Ayon & Xinran

Ayon Bhattacharya

Ayon Bhattacharya

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Product Designer who does 95% of his work directly in Cursor and Claude Code

Xinran Ma

Xinran Ma

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Founder of Design with AI | 3x Author | Startup Advisor

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Who this workshop is for

  • The designers and PMs who start to learn how to build with AI. You'd like to understand Git enough to jump in yourself.

  • The new AI builders who built things with Cursor or Claude Code, etc , but want to learn more for better version control.

  • The total beginners who are confused by Git, repo, commit, and many jargons. You need it explained plainly, hands-on.

What's included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Ayon Bhattacharya & Xinran Ma in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

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