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Welcome to the IT 140 - Introduction to Scripting main course wiki.
The GC-STEM/it140 repository is the central technical hub for the IT 140 course environment. It connects the course automation, development status, and GitHub repositories used for course activities.
You normally do not clone this repository. Follow your course instructions and clone only the assignment or project repositories identified for your activities. The course automation obtains the files it needs from this repository automatically.
Go to the Module One Setup Tasks repository:
https://github.com/GC-STEM/it140-m1-setup-tasks
That repository contains the current step-by-step instructions for:
- Setting up your GitHub account
- Configuring the Codio Virtual Desktop (CVD)
- Setting up the course IDE on a supported local computer
- Troubleshooting initial setup problems
Its wiki can help you choose a setup path:
https://github.com/GC-STEM/it140-m1-setup-tasks/wiki
Follow the instructions in your IT 140 course in Brightspace. Those instructions will identify the GitHub repository you should use.
See Course Repositories to learn how the different IT 140 repositories fit together.
See Course IDE and Tools.
See Course Automation for an overview of what the scripts do. Then follow the exact instructions provided in the Setup Tasks repository or your course.
Check the current status information in the main repository README:
https://github.com/GC-STEM/it140
Then see Status-Issues-and-Discussions if you need to report a problem or ask a question.
The main repository contains course-wide technical resources such as:
- Course automation scripts
- Shared configuration used by those scripts
- Course IDE status information
- Links to assignment and project repositories
- Course-wide technical documents
- Development and support resources
Some folders are intended for course developers, faculty, testers, or technical support. You do not need to understand every file in this repository to succeed in IT 140.
This wiki explains the parts of the IT 140 technical environment that apply throughout the course.
- Course IDE and Tools — Learn what software makes up the IT 140 development environment.
- Course Repositories — Understand the purpose of the main, setup, assignment, and project repositories.
- Course Automation — Learn what Prepare, Install, Configure, Verify, and Update mean.
- Status-Issues-and-Discussions — Find current status information and choose the right place to report a problem or ask a question.
The wiki is informational. When a wiki page and an activity README provide different instructions, follow the current activity README and your course instructions.
Repository: GC-STEM/it140-m1-setup-tasks
Use it for:
- First-time setup
- GitHub account setup
- CVD setup
- Local Windows, macOS, or Linux setup
- Platform-specific setup troubleshooting
Repository: GC-STEM/it140
Use it for:
- Course-wide technical information
- Course automation information
- Current development and operational status
- Links to activity repositories
- Course-wide GitHub Issues and Discussions
Keeping these purposes separate helps prevent the same setup instructions from being maintained in two places.
When you open an IT 140 repository for the first time:
- Start with its top-level
README.md. - Follow links from the README to the activity or folder you need.
- Use the instructions for the current course activity.
- Do not edit course-managed scripts or configuration files unless an activity specifically tells you to do so.
You will become more familiar with repositories, Markdown, Git, and GitHub as you use them throughout IT 140.