Due Date: Thursday, September 4th at 10:00am

Expected time: less than one hour

Background: In this prep, you will set up a personal repository that will be a kind of design portfolio for all your work this term, including (the non-code parts of) your assignments. To do this, you will use Markdown leveraging GitHub’s README file and structure.

Purpose: To set up your portfolio using Markdown. By the end of this prep, you will have a skeleton repository for your portfolio this semester.

Your tasks

  1. Background reading. If you have not been exposed to Markdown before, briefly review the Markdown resources on the class’s resource page.
  2. (If Not Done Already) Configure and Authenticate Your GitHub Account on Your Machine. If you have not previously used Git and your personal GitHub account on your computer, you will need to create an SSH token on your computer and add it to GitHub to verify your identity. See the class resource guide on Git and GitHub’s token settings page for more details.
  3. Creating your repository. Clone this template repository (see here for details on using a template repository) and name the repository “61040-portfolio”.
  4. Commit to GitHub. Issue the git commands (add, commit and push) so that your local changes are reflected in the remote repo on your README file.
  5. Screenshot. Take a screenshot of your cloned repository on GitHub and upload in the prep submission form.
  6. Recitation. Come to recitation with your laptop and your cloned repository running locally so you can participate in some small exercises to further your understanding. And of course, bring whatever questions you might have!

Submission

Submit a screenshot of the repository on GitHub along with the answers to the reading questions to the prep submission form.

Advice

Resources page. To learn more about GitHub and Markdown, check out the class resource page.