GitHub mobile version is officially released!

At last year’s Universe conference, GitHub launched a mobile client (GitHub for mobile) that is still in the beta stage and supports the two mainstream mobile platforms of iOS and Android.

After five months, the official version is finally released! GitHub official said:

"Developers are so enthusiastic (for the mobile version)! In the past few weeks alone, beta testers have commented on nearly 100,000 requests, Review and merge."

"Now, the mobile version of GitHub for iOS and Android has ended beta testing and is generally available, and you can get the app from Google Play or the App Store."

Image source: https://github.com/mobile

GitHub The mobile terminal adopts native development and provides a new interface designed specifically for touch screens. Now , you can bring GitHub collaboration tools to the small screen of your mobile phone!

1: The main functions of GitHub mobile terminal

For developers, the functions of GitHub mobile terminal mainly include: sliding message processing, problem feedback, responding to comments, and review And merge pull code requirements, adapt to dark mode, etc.

Sliding processing message notification

The mobile terminal provides a notification function. When you are directly @, you can receive a floating notification, which is convenient for developers anytime and anywhere. View code, merge changes, share collaboration, and more.

Notifications will be displayed on an inbox-like interface, and you can swipe left to process them, or save or mark them.

Respond to comments at any time and handle issues promptly

You can also use emoticons to reply to comments; if anyone relies on You can also handle your problem feedback in a timely manner to facilitate keeping the project running.

Review code, merge pull requests

The app also allows you to review code and merge pull requests, but currently Editing any code within the application is not yet supported.

Adapt to dark mode

Provides a fully localized GitHub experience, you can adapt dark mode according to your device preferences .

The mobile version of GitHub is now available through Google Play or the App Store, and currently provides multiple versions for individual developers, teams, and enterprise clouds. In addition, "We are also working on adding features and APIs to support Enterprise Server later this year."

Learn more about GitHub for mobile: https://github.com /mobile.

Two: What’s next for Github and Microsoft

In fact, Github, which was founded in February 2008, is long overdue for a mobile app.

In June 2018, Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion, even though the company didn't have enough revenue to be a line item in its earnings report. However, GitHub is still a huge platform - with over 40 million developer users worldwide! Now that remote working is heating up, the release of this mobile app comes at the right time: more developers than ever before need to leave their offices and computers and are forced to work from home.

The company has made great progress since the beta release. According to foreign media VentureBeat, GitHub Engineering Director Ryan Nystrom said that his team has fixed more than 200 bugs, processed more than 400,000 notifications, and merged more than 20,000 code changes. "This was all made possible thanks to nearly 35,000 comments from 60,000 testers." Nystrom said that since the beta was released, a focus of their research has been to be able to read and review code - which can greatly expand the application An empowered user approach that allows developers to share feedback and view lines of code with just one click. And the facts prove that the efforts were not in vain.

As for what's next, Nystrom said the app will have a "very detailed feature roadmap" "in the coming months."

As the “boss” behind it, Microsoft has been making frequent moves recently. After acquiring GitHub to take over the entire open source ecosystem, it recently acquired NPM to take over the entire JavaScript ecosystem. It can be said that active open source and firm layout have made Microsoft's position in the hearts of developers more and more prominent.