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Video Description
You've cloned your repo - now let's actually DO something with it. We'll create a .NET console app, commit our changes locally, and push them up to GitHub. This is the workflow you'll use every single day as a developer.
What you'll learn:
- Opening a repo from the command line with "code ."
- Creating a .NET console project (dotnet new console)
- Creating a solution file (dotnet new sln)
- Adding projects to solutions (dotnet sln add)
- Installing the C# Dev Kit extension in VS Code
- Understanding the Source Control panel
- Staging changes - what it means and why
- Writing good commit messages
- Local repo vs. remote repo (origin) - the mental model
- Git push - sending your commits to GitHub
- Verifying your changes on GitHub.com
Key insights:
- "code ." from the terminal = open this folder in VS Code
- Commits are LOCAL - they don't go anywhere until you push
- The .git folder is what makes a directory a Git repository
- "Origin" is just Git's name for "where this repo came from"
- Push = sync your local commits up to the remote
- The Source Control panel shows you exactly what's changed
- Git's periodic fetch setting is worth enabling
We'll build:
- A simple "Hello World" .NET console application
- Your first real commit with actual code
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Video Info
- Duration: 9:41
- Published: November 25, 2025
