GitHub Pages is a skills course that teaches beginners how to build and deploy a website or blog directly from a GitHub repository.
The course addresses the problem of making it easy for newcomers to publish web content without managing separate hosting infrastructure. It works by guiding learners through the process of enabling GitHub Pages on a repository, configuring the site settings, customizing a home page, and creating blog posts using Jekyll, a static site generator. The exercise is structured as a hands-on tutorial that can be completed in under an hour.
This course is designed for beginners, students, project maintainers, and small businesses who want to learn GitHub Pages fundamentals. It suits anyone looking to publish a simple site or blog without needing to learn complex web development or server administration. The README recommends that learners first complete the Introduction to GitHub course if they need to refresh their understanding of branches, commits, and pull requests before starting this exercise.
The project is maintained as an interactive learning experience where users copy the exercise repository to their own account and work through lessons that are prepared automatically. The course uses GitHub Actions to set up each lesson step, with the README acknowledging that setup can occasionally take longer than the typical twenty seconds and providing troubleshooting guidance for failed jobs. The exercise is structured to guide learners through discrete tasks in sequence, with each step building on the previous one.
