Setup Objectives
Installing Visual Studio Code
We highly recommend Visual Studio Code as the code editor of choice!
Download VSCode from here and follow the instructions for your operating system!
Installing Git
We will be using GitHub to track the progress you are making on your bootcamp project! In order to best use GitHub, we will need to also download Git.
Checking for Git
To see if you already have Git installed, open up your terminal application.
- If you’re on a Mac, look for an application called “Terminal”
- If you’re on Windows, look for an application called “Command Prompt”
Once you've opened your terminal application, type git version
. The output will either tell you which version of Git is installed, or it will alert you that git
is an unknown command. If it's an unknown command, read further and find out how to install Git.
Install Git on Windows
- Navigate to this site and download the latest version.
- Select the “Windows” link under the Downloads section
- Click the “64-bit Git for Windows Setup” link to download the installer
- Launch the executable (should be similar to Git-2.46.0-64-bit.exe) file to start the Git Setup wizard
- Once the installer has started, follow the instructions as provided in the Git Setup wizard screen until the installation is complete.
- Open the command prompt and type
git version
to verify Git was installed.
Install Git on Mac
- Navigate to this site and download the latest version or follow the homebrew install instructions.
- Select the “macOS” link under the Downloads section
- Use any of the options provided to install Git. If you do not know which option to choose, we recommend using Homebrew. The steps below are for setting up Git with Homebrew (If you already have Homebrew installed, proceed to step iv):
- Click the Homebrew link on the macOS page
- Copy the link under “Install Homebrew” (you can click the clipboard icon”
- Paste it into the macOS terminal and hit enter
- Go back to the macOS page and enter
$ brew install git
into the terminal (you do not need to type the $). Press the Enter key
- Once the installer has started, follow the instructions as provided until the installation is complete.