GitHub Pages
📌 Covered in this chapter:
Static Hosting · Publishing from a Branch or Actions · Custom Domains
Host a free static website directly from a GitHub repository using GitHub Pages.
1GitHub Pages — What You'll Learn
Host a free static website directly from a GitHub repository using GitHub Pages.
Here's everything this chapter covers, in the order you'll learn it:
- What GitHub Pages is
- Static website hosting basics
- Publishing a site from a specific branch
- Publishing a site via a GitHub Actions workflow
- Connecting a custom domain
- Automatic HTTPS on GitHub Pages
- Handling SPA (single-page app) routing fallback
- Choosing your build output folder
- Common deployment errors and fixes
- Updating a live GitHub Pages site
2Best Practices & Common Pitfalls
💡 Key things to remember:
- GitHub Pages is completely free for public repositories and is a great fit for documentation sites, portfolios, and small static frontends — but it can't run a backend server.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q What's the most important thing to understand about github pages?
Focus on: Static Hosting · Publishing from a Branch or Actions · Custom Domains. These are the core building blocks this chapter's examples are built around, and they show up repeatedly in later chapters of this course.
Q Is github pages something I'll use often in real projects?
Yes — every concept in this chapter reflects a real, everyday part of professional Git and GitHub workflows, not just a theoretical exercise.