Step 8 · about 8 minutes
Connect your code editor
The last GitHub step: get the repo open in the editor you will actually build in, signed in, so committing takes one click.
Install an editor if you have none — VS Code, Cursor and Zed all work and are free. Open it, choose Open Folder, and pick the hello-world folder you cloned.
- Sign in to GitHub from inside the editor when it offers — that is what stops it asking for a token every time.
- Find the Source Control panel. It lists your changed files, with a box for the commit message and a button to push.
- Make one small edit, commit it from the panel, and watch it appear on GitHub.
public/shots/gh-06-source-control.pngOnce that commit is on GitHub, open it there and copy its address — that is what proves this step, rather than us taking your word for it.