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Line 1: <gallery widths="240px" heights="160px" perrow="4"> == Goal #1: practice navigating from the command line ==▼ File:Spang_helping.jpg File:Together.jpg File:Bpw2-breakout.jpg </gallery> <div style="font-size:125%">» Short URL for this material: http://bit.ly/open-source1 «</div> Many of the tools of open source development are primarily used via the command line. Let's get some practice with navigating the computer from the command line.▼ * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Windows_command_line\|Windows]]▼ * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/OSX command line\|OS X]]▼ * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux command line\|Linux]]▼ <font size="+2">This page contains setup instructions for <i>Contribute with me! Getting started with open source development</i>.</font> == Goal #2: install a text editor ==▼ ▲== Goal #21: install a text editor == (Estimated completion time: 2 - 10 minutes) We need a good text editor (not a word processor!) for editing Python code. If you already have a preferred text editor, ~~skip~~you ~~this~~can ~~step~~use it instead, but note that word processors like Microsoft Word and Notepad will not work. * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Windows text editor\|Windows]] Line 17 ⟶ 22: * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux text editor\|Linux]] == Goal #3: install an IRC client ==▼ == Goal #2: install <code>git</code> == (Estimated completion time: 5 minutes) <code>git</code> is a popular version control system, which we'll use for managing and collaborating on open source projects. ▲* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/~~Windows_command_line~~Windows git\|Windows]] ▲* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/OSX ~~command line~~git\|OS X]] ▲* [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux ~~command line~~git\|Linux]] ▲== Goal #13: practice ~~navigating from the~~ command line navigation == (Estimated completion time: 10 - 15 minutes) ▲Many of the tools of open source development are primarily used via the command line. Let's get some practice with navigating the computer from the command line. * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Windows terminal navigation\|Windows]] * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/OSX terminal navigation\|OS X]] * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux terminal navigation\|Linux]] ▲== Goal #34: install an IRC client == (Estimated completion time: 5 minutes) IRC is a real-time chat protocol that open source projects often use to talk about the project and as a medium for users and developers to help each other. Line 25 ⟶ 55: * [[PyCon_intro_to_open_source/Linux IRC\|Linux]] ~~== Goal #4: more IRC ==~~ == Goal #5: create an OpenHatch account == * Skim http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html. Pay particular attention to: Sending private messages (Estimated completion time: 2 minutes) joining and leaving a channel * Send someone in <code>#pycon-tutorial</code> a private message OpenHatch is a non-profit that helps connect people with open source projects. We'll use some of the tools on this site to practice. * Join the <code>#pycon</code> channel * Explore other channels like <code>#python</code> and <code>#django</code>. You can get a full list of Freenode's channels [http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/?net=freenode here]. What are some other interesting channels? <div style="font-size:125%">[http://openhatch.org/ » Please visit http://openhatch.org/ now and create an account. «]</div> == Goal #6: create a GitHub account == (Estimated completion time: 2 minutes) GitHub is a popular website for hosting open source projects that use Git. We'll use GitHub to collaborate on projects.. <div style="font-size:125%">[https://github.com/ » Please visit https://github.com/ now and create an account. «]</div> ==Success!== You've set up your development environment and are a terminal pro. You are ready for the tutorial. The tutorial is on Thursday, April 10th from 1:20pm - 4:40pm in Room 521 A. [[File:Champagne.png\|100px]][[File:Party.png\|125px]]