To follow along in the lecture you will need the following tools set up.
Specific install instructions will differ depending on OS (Windows, Linux, macOS).
- Code Editor: Download and install Visual Studio Code
- Browser & Developer Tools: Download and install Google Chrome
- JavaScript Runtime: Download and install Node.js LTS version (12.x.x)
- run
node -v
in the shell to check if setup worked
- run
- Version Control: Download and install Git
- run
git --version
in the shell to check if setup worked
- run
- Vesion Control: Create a GitHub Account
- optional grab the GitHub Student Developer Pack for free domains, cloud hosting, dev tools & learning resources.
You should be able to run node -v
and git --version
from the same shell!
Please make sure to have these tools up and running. We will have a look on how to use these tools in the lecture, but we won't have time to individually debug the setup on every laptop.