18 GitHub Introduction PYTH 4.03

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Set up GitHub repo for public sharing on your resume. Upload code and set up README with your skills.

In this video, we prepare a simple Python application for deployment by walking through the practical setup steps needed before hosting it on a cloud platform.

The focus is not on theory, but on the real workflow developers use: running the app locally, initializing Git, pushing code to GitHub, and preparing the project so it is ready to deploy.

What you’ll learn in this video:

Running a Python app locally using an async server

Verifying the application works on localhost

Setting up a virtual environment and installing dependencies

Initializing a Git repository and using .gitignore

Creating and pushing a repository to GitHub

Writing a simple README.md using Markdown

Adding screenshots and basic documentation for a portfolio project

Understanding why clean repos and documentation matter

Preparing a project for cloud deployment

This video is aimed at beginners and students who are learning how real projects move from “it works on my machine” to something that can be shared, deployed, and shown as part of a portfolio.

In the next video, we’ll take this project and deploy it to a hosting platform so it can run live on the internet.