Getting Started

Welcome to Fairport Robotics software team! Here are the steps to take to get started.

First Steps

1. Download and install git.
2. Download and install VS Code. There is full setup instructions.
3. Create a GitHub account. GitHub is where the team's software repository.
4. Authenticate with SSH
   • Generate a New SSH Key. You may need to install SSH on your machine. This blog post gives step by step instructions on how to install SSH on widows. Once ssh is installed you create your key. Use ssh-keygen to create a new key. Make the email match what you used in GitHub. DO NOT set a password! If you do you will need to enter it every time you want to "save" a file.
   • Add the SSH Key to your GitHub Account
5. Clone this repository by opening a terminal window and typing git clone git@github.com:FairportRobotics/getting-started.git
6. Checkout the next-step branch by typing git checkout next-step in the terminal.