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Level 10 · Lesson 79: Set up the project

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Set up the project
A folder, Git, and a README.
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Lesson 79: Set up the project

Level 10, Build Your Own Thing. A folder, Git and a README for Cat Facts. The new word: README. It follows lesson 78, Pick and plan. Next comes lesson 80, Build round 1.

What the lesson explains

Set up the project. A folder, Git, and a README.

A README. A file that says what your project is. what it is; how to use it; who made it.

What you do first

A home for it. Make a folder cat-facts in Documents, and go into it. Starting at PS C:\Users\you\Documents>, one way takes 2 commands: mkdir cat-facts; cd cat-facts (par: 2).

The files on the practice computer

This lesson works in one folder. At the start, Documents holds diary\, music\, my-project\, my-site\, stories\, vault\, homework.txt.

Along the way you type mkdir cat-facts, type git init, type echo "# Cat Facts" > README.md, type git add README.md and type git commit -m "Start Cat Facts". Lesson 80 opens with the files just as you leave them.

What you practise

Try it, "A home for it": Make a folder cat-facts in Documents, and go into it. Starting at PS C:\Users\you\Documents>, one way takes 2 commands: mkdir cat-facts; cd cat-facts (par: 2).

Try it, "Start Git": In the practice terminal, type git init at the prompt PS C:\Users\you\Documents\cat-facts> and the computer answers: Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/you/Documents/cat-facts/.git/.

Try it, "Write the README": Make README.md that says # Cat Facts. Starting at PS C:\Users\you\Documents\cat-facts>, one way takes 1 command: echo "# Cat Facts" > README.md (par: 1).

Challenge, "First save point": Save README.md in your first save point. Starting at PS C:\Users\you\Documents\cat-facts>, one way takes 2 commands: git add README.md; git commit -m "Start Cat Facts" (par: 2).

What PlayBuddy and PlayType say

PlayBuddy: "Every project needs a home. Make its folder, and start Git."

PlayType: "A read-me file says what your project is, so anyone can understand it."

Help in every lesson

Everything happens on a pretend computer in your browser, so nothing touches your real files. PlayBuddy and PlayType stand beside the board, cheer you on and say when it is your turn.

A green ring shows where to click the first time. After that you do it on your own, and if you slip twice the ring comes back.

Stars

The lesson has 4 things to do. Up to one slip in ten gives three stars, up to one in four gives two, and finishing always gives at least one. Stars and progress are saved in this browser only; there is no account.

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