Set up

This week we focus on installing Python 3.x and the source code editor VS Code. You will also use the terminal to issue Unix commands to create a common “SI 506” directory structure to store and organize your SI 506 file assets. A tour of VS Code will follow.

Readings

1.0 Required

Anthony Whyte, Select Unix terminal commands (si506.org, Aug 2021).

Provides a select list of Unix commands that you can use from the command line to navigate your local file system as well as create, delete, copy, and move directories and files. Additional commmands are included that list the location of the current working directory or the path to an executable, view the contents of a text file, and clear the terminal screen of content.

Visual Studio Code Team, User Interface (Microsoft, n.d.).

Overview of the popular source code editor’s user interface.