Django for Designers/Laptop setup

Actual setup guide

Goal #1: Set up git

• Install git

Goal #2: Practice navigating the computer from a command prompt

• Make sure they know how to launch a command prompt

Goal #3: Set up Python

• Make sure Python works

Goal #4: Prepare a text editor

• Make sure they have a text editor, and have it configured to Python with 4 spaces

Goal #5: Prepare the workshop code, via git

• Make sure they have done the git clone

Goal #6: Create a special Python environment for the workshop

• Make sure they have a virtualenv created

• Make sure they have installed the requirements.

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• Python robot TA checkoff

(Optional; can be skipped)

• Make sure they have a Heroku account, and have the software installed

• Make sure they have a Github account

Setup guide, for instructors

• Provide a printed check-off sheet, and have TAs roam around and make sure students demo the check-off sheet

Other things

• Give people a Django cheat sheet

Asheesh questions

Then enter:
$ git branch my-branch-1

• Did you forget "git checkout"?

• TA guide should have instructions for addressing:
  • If the student can't push during the Sharing section, and it is because they worked on local master, have them rename the branch
  • do github in sharing

• get some TAs