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Lab 1¶

This lab has three tasks, they are all independent and you can do them in any order:

  • Task 1: Install the Processing programming development environment (PDE)

  • Task 2: Go through the install instructions for your operating system (macOS, Windows, Linux)

  • Task 3: Complete the GitHub Tutorial.

Task 1: Install Processing (12 marks)¶

To install the Processing Development Environment (PDE), you should follow these steps:

  1. Visit the download page.

  2. Download the installer for the latest version (v3.5.4) your operating system (Windows, macOS, or Linux)

  3. See the installation instructions for your operating system (adapted from here):

    • On Windows, you’ll have a .zip file. Double-click it, and drag the folder inside to a location on your hard disk. I suggest a location where your other programs are stored. Once it’s moved out of the unzipped folder, you can double-click processing.exe to start.

    • On macOS, the installer is also a .zip file. Double-click it and drag the Processing icon to the Applications folder. Then double-click the Processing icon to start.

    • The Linux version is a .tar.gz file. Download the file to your home directory, then open a Terminal window, and type: tar xvfz processing-3.5.4-linux64.tgz. This will create a folder. Then change to that directory: cd processing-3.5.4 and then run it by typing ./processing.

Task 2: Prepare your System (40 marks)¶

There are several things you need to install on your machines for this course.

  • On macOS, follow the instructions here.

  • On Windows, follow the instructions here.

  • On Ubuntu, follow the instructions here.

Once you have gone through the installation instructions, please take a screenshot with the following requirements:

  • One terminal window with the output of git config --list --global

  • Another terminal window with the output of code --version and git --version sequentially printed

  • Processing open with the following code run: ellipse(15,30,25,50);

    • If you have not yet installed Processing, you should now go back and complete Task 1

  • VS Code open

  • Date/time should be visible somewhere in the screenshot

Here is an example of what you should be aiming for:

https://github.com/firasm/bits/blob/master/install_proof.png?raw=true

Acknowledgements¶

These installation instructions were heavily adapted from the ones found here.

Task 3: GitHub Tutorial (48 marks)¶

I will be honest: Git and GitHub is a difficult thing to teach so after many years of searching, I have found the PERFECT tutorial. This tutorial wil help you get more familiar with git commands, particularly branching, and merging - things you will start encountering when you start collaboratively working in your repos.

At minimum, you are responsible for completing the following modules:

  • “Main: Introduction Sequence”

    • Exercise 1

    • Exercise 2

    • Exercise 3

    • Exercise 4

  • “Ramping up”

    • Exercise 1

    • Exercise 2

    • Exercise 3

    • Exercise 4

  • “Remote: Push & Pull – Git Remotes”

    • Exercise 1

    • Exercise 2

    • Exercise 3

    • Exercise 4

    • Exercise 5

    • Exercise 6

    • Exercise 7

    • Exercise 8

  • “To Origin And Beyond – Advanced Git Remotes!”

    • Exercise 1

    • Exercise 2

    • Exercise 3

    • Exercise 4

    • Exercise 5

    • Exercise 6

    • Exercise 7

    • Exercise 8

You will get 2 points for each activity, for a total of 48 points.

Once you are done, you should include a screenshot of both the exercises in “Main” and “Remotes”, and also include a text file where you write your github username and the current date/time.

Here is an example of the screenshot we are expecting (if you want full marks you will have completed all 24 exercises).

https://github.com/firasm/bits/blob/master/github_tutorial.png?raw=true

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