Let’s get VS Coding!¶
Go to https://www.github.com and make sure you are logged in.
Create a new repository by clicking on the button next to your profile picture:
Click New repository:
Give it a name that indicates these will be the assignments for the class:
Info
Repository names should be self explanatory, and they are unique to your account, so don’t worry about having the same name as someone else!
Here are some example repository names:
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23s-asiaam-191a-labs
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23s-191a-assignments
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aa191-assignments
Keep the repository Public, which is in the spirit of sharing, collaboration, and allows anyone to see and improve the code:
Scroll down to Create Repository:
Click the Clipboard button:
In VS Code click on: Clone Git Repository
Paste (PC: Ctrl+V or Mac: Cmd+V) your copied link in the panel above:
Click on Clone from URL or press Enter :
Choose a folder to save your files locally to:
Click on Open this new repository:
Make sure Explorer is open in the Activity Bar by clicking on it:
The open Explorer should look like this with space to show the files:
Click the Folder
icon to make a new folder:
Title it week1
:
With the folder selected, click the New file
icon and give it the title index.html
:
Make sure index.html
is within week1
: