# Front-End Tools & Portfolio Canonical URL: ## Overview ### Build Your Portfolio You need a portfolio of work to show prospective employers or clients. In this class, we’ll help you get started on your own project. ### Learn Git & GitHub Git is the most commonly used version control system. Git tracks the changes you make to files, so you have a record of what has been done, and you can revert to specific versions should you ever need to. Git also makes collaboration easier, allowing changes by multiple people to all be merged into one source. It’s an important skill for any coder to have. Git can seem mysterious at first, in part because many people use the command line to run Git. In this class we'll demystify Git and explain the typical workflows you'll encounter. We'll cover the most commonly used Git features to get you up and running quickly. We'll focus on using the terminal commands (which are not as scary as you might think), but once you understand how Git works, you could use a desktop app (or Git integration in some code editors) if you want to use a GUI (graphical user interface) instead of the command line. ### Emmet & Visual Studio Code Tips Did you know there are faster and easier ways to code? If you’re not using Emmet (coding shortcuts) and Visual Studio Code’s keystrokes and helpful features, you should be! These tools can greatly speed up your coding with less typing. Every web developer needs to know these. Let us show you how to speed up your development. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll learn: - With Emmet, you can navigate files faster. From finding a specific CSS rule among dozens, to moving the cursor to the right place in your code, keystrokes let you navigate quicker! - Type a keystroke and 6 characters to turn a plain list like this: ``` Chocolate Fruits Candy ``` into this: ``` ``` - Make the following 290 characters by only typing 24 characters! ``` ``` - Quickly change a tag by editing start and end tags simultaneously. - Place multiple cursors to edit multiple lines or attributes at the same time. This is phenomenal! - Wrap tags efficiently and beautifully (nicely indented). - Paste new code perfectly indented. - Even more awesomeness! This class will focus on coding efficiency, assuming you understand HTML/CSS code. ## What you'll learn - What Git is and how it works - Installing and setting up Git to track changes in your code - Using GitHub for collaboration with other developers - Coding faster with Emmet and Visual Studio Code - Start developing work for your portfolio with guidance from an expert developer ## Prerequisites Students should have HTML and CSS coding experience equivalent to our [Front-End Web Development Certificate](/certificates/front-end-developer-immersive) (which includes this class). ## Curriculum ### Portfolio Development #### Code a project from scratch #### Get practice writing code with guidance and help from an expert instructor ### Git & GitHub #### Download & Install Git on Mac & Windows #### Git Setup: Your Name & Email #### Create a New Local Git Repository (Initialize Repository) #### Stage & Commit Files #### GitHub: Push to a Remote Repository #### GitHub: Pull From a Remote Repository #### GitHub: Clone (Download) a Remote Repository #### How to Handle Merge Conflicts #### View a List of Commits & Undo Changes #### Branches: Create, Switch, Push, Merge, & Delete ### Emmet & Visual Studio Code #### Visual Studio Code tips & tricks to make you a faster coder #### Emmet shortcuts for HTML and CSS ## Schedule - Jul 17, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026 — NYC - Sep 25, 2026 – Oct 9, 2026 — NYC ## Pricing **Tuition:** $975