Intro-02

Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• log into your new GitHub account

• log into our Coder server, with your GitHub account

Review

• review logging into your school Gmail account

• review Computer Use Policy, especially board intranet

Lesson

• go over git and GitHub (see video):

  • what is git -> version control system

  • what is GitHub -> internet distributed Git system

• do demo of getting GitHub account (see video "Getting a GitHub Account")

• go over demo of joining our GitHub Org

• go over what is a Coder Server -> a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE)

  • do demo of getting into Coder Server

    • see link in Google Classroom

    • Daily Assignment

    • read ICD2O Course Outline (see file below: ↓) and then fill in this form 

    • take a screenshot when done to fill in the Google Form

    • get a GitHub account:

    • go to GitHub.com and click at the top right, "Sign Up"

    • under Username, enter your real name with a hyphen "-" between your first and last name:

    • ex. Jane-Smith

    • there are the following restrictions:

    • Min: 1

    • Max: 39

    • Can contain: a-z A-Z 0-9 -

    • Other: Can not start with a dash

    • DO NOT pick a name like "Hot-pants24", I will not know who you are, only use your name

    • if you do not get a green ✅, let me know and we will figure something out

    • for Email address, enter your school email address, DO NOT enter anything else

    • if you do not get a green ✅, let me know and we will figure something out

    • for Password, enter your school password; if you loose this I can not recover it!

    • solve the puzzle if you need to

    • get me to check EVERYTHING BEFORE you click "Create an account"

    • in step 2, just leave the account on "Free" and click "Continue"

    • DO NOT create an Organization, we already have one

    • in step 3, enter your programming experience and then click "Submit"

    • you will be sent a verification email, so go to your email

    • in your email find the GitHub email that was sent to you

    • click on "Verify email address" button

    • you should be sent to a GitHub page and see "Your email was verified." in the top left corner

    • take a screenshot of this webpage to enter into your notebook

    • create a  GitHub repo

    • call it "ICD2O-Intro-02"

    • add a README.me, but no .gitignore

    • STOP

    • email me your GitHub login,  the next step will NOT WORK until I have added you into our GitHub Org for this class!

    • once I add you in, go to your email and accept my invite

    • NO do not ask for a GitHub Copilot seat, you get one for free
      
      
      

    • login into our Coder Server, using your GitHub account:

    • we will NOT actually be creating a new account, we will be using our new GitHub account to login

    • see link in Google Classroom

    • click the "cat" icon (it is actually the GitHub logo) in the middle top of the page

    • authorize GitHub to be used as your login

    • after this you should be logged in

    • create a Coder Workspace

      • create an "ICD2O" folder

      • create an "Intro" folder

      • create an Intro-02" folder

    • take a screenshot of this and add it to your notebook
      
      
      

• for your daily assignment doc, Intro-02, upload 3 screenshots of:

• 1. your Google form

  2. your GitHub login page (the right corner with your icon)

  3. your Coder Server Homepage

• see the example document to know what to submit → Jane Smith - ICD2O - Intro-02.pdf (see file below: ↓)

  • remember, you MUST have an entry for EVERY SINGLE LESSON

Extra

• try a coding tutorial here:

  • go to MakeCode Arcade (https://arcade.makecode.com)

    • select the "Happy Flower" tutorial

• if you do this, add a screenshot of how far you got into your daily assignment doc