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Create and Customize Your DEV Account

Overview

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a DEV account, a free social networking platform for developers, with your GitHub account. Also, you’ll learn how to customize your DEV account. This tutorial is intended for new users of DEV.

Before you begin

Before you begin this tutorial, you must:

  • Have a computer.

  • Have an Internet connection.

  • Have a GitHub account.

    Note: If you do not have a GitHub account, follow GitHub's Signing up for a new GitHub account instructions.

Create a DEV account

To get started, you’ll need to create a DEV account with your GitHub account.

Note: DEV also allows users to sign up with their Apple ID, Forem, or Twitter account. In this tutorial, we use GitHub to create a DEV account, but you are welcome to choose a different third-party application. The steps for creating a DEV account with a different third-party application are similar.

  1. Go to the DEV website at http://dev.to/.

  2. On the homepage, click the Create an Account button.

  3. On the Welcome to DEV Community sign-up page, click Sign up with GitHub.

  4. On the Authorize DEV page, click Authorize practicaldev.

    Note: By approving authorization, you allow DEV to identify you by your GitHub account (email and username).

    Result: DEV redirects to the DEV website.

  5. In the Welcome to the DEV Community dialog box, to confirm that you agree with DEV’s Code of Conduct and terms and conditions, select the checkboxes and click Continue.

Customize your DEV account

After creating a DEV account, you can customize it by building your profile, choosing tags, finding people to follow, and more.

  1. Optional: After clicking Continue in the Welcome to the DEV Community dialog box, you can select tags to follow on the What are you interested in? dialog box and click Continue.

    Note: Tags customize your feed by showing posts that use your following tags.

  2. Optional: In the Build your profile dialog box, populate the following fields:

  • Username: This field displays your GitHub username that DEV pulled from your GitHub account. If you want to change the username, you can click on the field and enter a new username.

    Note: Your profile picture is also pulled from your GitHub account, which you can change.

  • Bio: Share a brief summary of your background, interests, hobbies, and more.

  • Work: Share what you do for work (e.g., Technical Writer at Gringotts Wizarding Bank).

  • Education: Share where you went to school (e.g., Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry).

  • Skills/Languages: List any coding languages or skills you know or are familiar with (e.g., python, ruby, Git, etc.).

  1. Optional: In the Suggested people to follow dialog box, select people to follow from the DEV community and click Continue.

    Note: Following people on DEV lets you see their latest posts on your feed.

  2. Select your email preferences and complete the DEV account customization.

    Note: This is to receive weekly DEV newsletters or top post announcements. You can select one, both, or none.

Result: DEV directs you back to the homepage with a message confirming that you're a part of the DEV community.

Summary

In this tutorial, you learned how to:

  • Create a DEV account with GitHub.
  • Customize your DEV account.

With your DEV account, you are a part of the DEV community and can create posts, share ideas, and collaborate with other developers.