Extra day = Extra GitHub 📅 [New to GitHub Check-in]

[queenofcorgis]

February 29th comes around once every four years and that means an additional day and an additional New to GitHub check-in. We’re here to help you celebrate this extra day with opportunities to elevate your GitHub skills.

🌟Community Superstars: A round of applause for these community citizens 👏

• @shaiyaofolena: I admire their perseverance and learning on the go as they worked on building their ReadMe in this discussion. Welcome to GitHub - keep up the amazing work ❣️!
• @ItsJoshBrown: Did an amazing breakdown in their comment about how to insert an image into a website. They shared not only the code, but gave even more detail and help by sharing what the structure would look like. So happy to have you in the community with us!

🦺 Safety First: Use the additional time February 29 gives us by ensuring you’re secure

• Build code security skills with the GitHub Secure Code Game: Learn to find and fix security issues while having fun with Secure Code Game, we just added new challenges focusing on JavaScript, Python, Go, and GitHub Actions! Get all the details.
• How to stay safe from repo-jacking: Repo-jacking is a specific type of supply chain attack. @kevinbackhouse explains what it is, what the risk is, and what you can do to stay safe in their blogpost.
• Fixing security vulnerabilities with AI: @tiferet gives us a peek under the hood of GitHub Advanced Security code scanning autofix. Take a look to see how it's done.

⬆️ Level up: Resources to take your skills to new heights on this extra day

• You can really do anything you want.. with transferable skills!: @hijennyngo shares her inspirational journey from a nontechnical career to a technical one in this Programming Help post.
• How to use GitHub Copilot: Prompts, tips, and use cases: In this prompt guide for GitHub Copilot, two GitHub developer advocates, @blackgirlbytes and @mishmanners, will share examples and best practices for communicating your desired results to the AI pair programmer.
• How AI code generation works: Explore the capabilities and benefits of AI code generation with @ruizjeimy, and how it can improve the developer experience for your enterprise. Dive in and take a read.
• New year, new planning habits: Join @peckjon on using GitHub Projects to track your goals in his article on dev.to.

As we leap out of February - thanks to those who make our category so great and engaging 💚.

[queenofcorgis]

March is here and new resources have arrived as well in our latest New to GitHub check-in!