class-02

The Coder's Computer

The computer is a bicycle for the mind.

—Steve Jobs

Learning Objectives

• Students will configure their computers for professional software development, setting up a command line interface (Terminal) and installing VS Code, git, NodeJS, npm, and more.
• Students will be able to articulate the benefits of writing code in a code editor as opposed to general-purpose document creation software.
• Students will navigate folders and create files from the command line, while verifying their work in the operating system's GUI file explorer.

Class Agenda

• Review of previous class
  • Share your learning
• Developer Tools
  • Text Editor
  • Terminal
• Live Demos
• Discussion Exercise
  • Operating Systems
  • Abstraction
• Lab: Installfest and Configure

See class slides and assignments for further details.

New Vocabulary

• CLI (Command Line Interface)
• Terminal
• GUI (Graphical User Interface)
• IDE
• VS Code
• Abstraction