00 -- Isaiah Khan

[CodeKhan01]

• Create a Github account
• 5 min Edit your Github profile to provide:
  • A picture, so I can recognize your face.
  • Your full name, so I can recognize your name.
  • A valid public email address, so I can contact you if I need to.
• Star the class repo
• 10 min Read over the class wiki
• 10 min Read the README.md files in:
  • Assignments
  • Notes
• 5 min Create a new WIP Issue
  • Named 00 -- YOUR NAME (where YOUR NAME is your name)
  • With this checklist as the description
• GIT 'ER DONE
  • Git Basics course at Treehouse (optional)
  • git path at CodeSchool (optional)
  • 20 min Complete the CodeSchool short course, Try Git
  • 10 min Complete the "Hello World" Github guide
    • Add a link to your new Github repo as a comment in your WIP Issue.
• COMMAND LINE FU
  • 5 min Read http://eddywashere.com/blog/an-intro-to-the-os-x-command-line/
  • 30 min Complete https://www.codecademy.com/courses/learn-the-command-line/
  • Do It The Hard Way (optional)
• 15 min Install Homebrew on your Mac
  • Open Terminal.app
  • Install Homebrew and the brew command
  • Read the Homebrew Wiki to learn more about Homebrew
• 10 min Using the brew command, install the following packages:
  • zsh
  • git
  • hub
  • chruby
  • ruby-install
• 10 min Using the ruby-install command, install Ruby 2.2.3.
• 5 min Set the default version of Ruby to 2.2.3.
• 10 min Add the output of the following commands as comments on your WIP Issue:
  • which zsh && zsh --version
  • which git && git --version
  • which hub && hub --version
  • which ruby && ruby -v
• 10 min Install Caskroom
• 5 min Using brew cask, install the following applications:
  • Google Chrome
  • Sublime Text
  • Slack
  • Flux
• NOTE: The above looks like a lot, but those tasks go quickly. The following items require, and deserve, more time. Don't put them off!
• 5 min Complete the "Forking Projects" Github guide
  • Add a link to your Fork-and-Spoon repo as a comment on your WIP Issue
• 20 min Install Prezto
  • Find and fork the Prezto project on Github; add a link as a comment on your WIP Issue
  • Use the hub command to clone your fork into your home directory as .zprezto:
    hub clone prezto ~/.zprezto
  • Follow the installation instructions in the README.md file
• 20 min Read the first four pages about growth vs fixed mindsets at http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/index.html. I'll be honest, this sounded hokey to me when I first read it, but watching how people with the two mindsets performed in previous cohorts, I'm sold on the idea. You have much more control over how much you can learn than you might think.
• 5 hr Read the book Learn to Program.
  • 0. Getting Started
  • 1. Numbers
  • 2. Letters
  • 3. Variables and Assignment
  • 4. Mixing It Up
  • 5. More About Methods
  • 6. Flow Control
  • 7. Arrays and Iterators
  • 8. Writing Your Own Methods
  • 9. Classes
  • 10. Blocks and Procs
  • 11. Beyond This Tutorial
• Pause and Reflect
  • Answer question 1 in a comment on your WIP Issue.
  • Answer question 2 in a comment on your WIP Issue.