Practical JavaScript

Set-Up

Please follow these set-up instructions before class starts; we have a lot of material to cover, and there's no time built into the schedule to help people get set up.

You have two options for set-up: a Cloud9 development environment (recommended for beginners or people new to JavaScript or command lines), or your own environment (for more experienced participants who have a command line and editor they like, and are familiar with Git).

Set-Up with Cloud9 (Recommended for Beginners)

• Go to https://c9.io
• Sign in or sign up if you don’t already have an account
• Once you have logged in, click on "Create a new workspace"
• Give your workspace a name (example: “practical-javascript”)
• Choose "Node.js" template
• Press "Create workspace"
• In the terminal, type nvm install 6
• In the terminal, type npm install -g yarn (ignore deprecation warning)

Set-Up with Your Own Environment (For Experienced Users)

If you're really comfortable with the command-line, Git, and have a favorite editor, you are welcome to follow along in your own environment. See below for the things you'll need.

OSX

• Git (or brew install git)
• Yarn
• Terminal (built-in: ⌘+Space, type terminal)
• Editor (Visual Studio Code, Vim, Emacs, Atom, Brackets are good choices)
• Node
• Browser (Chrome recommended, Firefox or Opera also good)

Linux/BSD/Other Unix

• Git (or sudo apt-get git (Ubuntu/Mint), sudo yum install git (Fedora))
• Yarn
• Terminal (built-in: Bash or your preference)
• Editor (Visual Studio Code, Vim, Emacs, Atom)
• Node
• Browser (Chrome reommended, Firefox, Opera)

Windows

• Git
• Terminal (Git Bash -- installed with Git)
• Yarn
• Editor (Visual Studio Code, Vim, Emacs, Atom, Notepad++)
• Node
• Browser (Chrome recommended, Firefox, Opera)