FirstDayAccounts/README.md

First Day Accounts

Items to be handled on first day orientation.

Open a Terminal app. Ooh, ooh, Do this ->

Find the `shell` or `terminal` or `term` (all names for the command interpreter.

`terminal` or `shell` mean pretty much the same thing - `/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app` and start it up.

Type `whoami` and `enter` or `return`. Congratulations, you just typed a command. You're Welcome.

now, type git --version and make note of what comes back, the version number of git.

Downloads

• BlueJ http://bluej.org
• Atom http://atom.io
• JDK for Java 8 (if it isn't there already)
• Brew http://brew.sh
• make sure git is installed (see above)
• Slack app download, signin

Accounts to be created

Be sure to use professional names when signing up. (BlueHenCoder is okay, SuperHunkyBeachBoy is much less so, eh?)

• Email: gmail gmail gmail gmail gmail
• Slack
• Github
  • BE SURE to add a avatar pic to github account.
  • Register for account on GitHub (https://github.com/). We recommend using a username that incorporates your name (jfiksel, mtaub, lrjager)
  • $ git --version and $ git config in the terminal to configure your shell for your new git account.
  • go to https://Git.Zipcode.Rocks then use your github username/id to register account on https://git.zipcode.rocks (the private ZCW Git server)
  • Fill out this form with your Github username
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