00 -- It Begins -- Jeff Winkler

[palmbeachjeff]

Prework -- Or what to do before you get here.

As your first assignment, create a new Issue in the class repo with the raw contents of this file as the "description" (read Mastering Issues for more). Hint: look for the "Raw" button. You should end up with a bunch of checkboxes just like those below, thanks to the way that Github interprets Markdown. As you complete tasks, check off the corresponding checkboxes. This is your Work In Progress (WIP) Issue. You'll create a new one for each assignment to show your work and track your progress.

• [X] Assumed complete ;)
  • [X] Create a Github account
  • [X] Star the class project
• [x] Edit your Github profile to provide:
  • [x] A picture, so I can recognize your face.
  • [x] Your full name, so I can recognize your name.
  • [x] A valid public email address, so I can contact you if I need to.
• [x] Read the README.md files in:
  • [x] Assignments
  • [x] Notes
• [x] Install Homebrew on your Mac
  • [x] Open Terminal.app
  • [x] Install Homebrew and the brew command
  • [x] Read the Homebrew Wiki to learn more about Homebrew
• [x] Using the brew command, install the following packages:
  • [x] zsh
  • [x] git
• [x] Install Caskroom
• [x] Using brew cask, install the following applications:
  • [x] Google Chrome
  • [x] Sublime Text
  • [x] HipChat
• [x] Complete the "Hello World" Github guide
  • [x] Add a link to your new Github repo as a comment in your WIP Issue.
• [x] Create another new repository called TIY-Assignments
  • [x] Check the box to create an initial README.md file
  • [x] Select the CC0 -- "Creative Commons" license for your work
  • [x] Add a link to your TIY-Assignments repo as a comment to your WIP Issue
• NOTE: The above looks like a lot, but those tasks go quickly. The following items require, and deserve, more time. Don't put them off!
• [ ] Read and complete the exercises for the Command Line Crash Course. The command line is another name for the terminal. There are about 20 commands you'll use all the time on the command line, and it's helpful to have them memorized so we can use them right away.
• [ ] Read the book Learn to Program. That's a terrific tutorial if you've never written any code before, or if you've never worked with Ruby before. You can read the original version on the author's website for free, or follow the link he gives to purchase the latest version. For this assignment, the exercises in the book are optional.
• [ ] Close this issue! You're done!

  Extracurricular Activities

Regardless of how good you are at typing, a lot of the mistakes you make at first will be simple typographic errors. If you don't know how to touch type (i.e. without looking at the keyboard), start practicing now with http://www.keybr.com/. Typing code is different from typing other documents; more characters are used, and certain letter combinations come up more frequently. If you're fairly confident in your typing ability, try working through the Ruby on Rails lessons on http://typing.io.

There are two books that I suggest you start reading. They're both available in digital format on various devices, and they're both relatively easy reads:

• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Pragmatic Thinking and Learning by Andy Hunt

[bgates]

I know you were jammed on this since you had to move down here in a hurry, but the open tasks on this are valuable reading. Please try to get to them by Monday so I can close this with the happy green label instead of the other one.