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<aside> 💡 All the code shown in this tutorial lives in this git repo branch **https://github.com/pkd2512/codeschool-webdev/tree/hello-world**

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Create a git repository

Go to the GitHub website and from the top right (+) menu, select New repository

On the new repository page, add a name and description . If the name contains multiple words, separate them using dashes.

The repo also needs some initialisation settings as shown below.

• The repo will be public, so that we can host our webpages on the internet (with a free account).
• Add a readme file that will contain thew documentation for the repository.
• Add a gitignore file that tells GitHub which files not to keep online. This is usually done to prevent uploading files like node module dependancies, which will be installed locally during development and do not need to live on GitHub. Since we will use a Node based environment, we shall choose a Node template from the dropdown for git-ignore.
• You can also specify a license for your project, usually one of the open source options which will inform others how they can or cannot use your codebase. How to choose a license?