How does the class work?

Today we will:

Last class was a lot of new information, today we will reinforce that mostly, and add only a little

Solution to Exercise 1

Process:

Your KWL repo will be at a URL like: https://github.com/compsys-progtools/kwl-sp26-brownsarahm but with your own username instead of mine
you can go directly to issues like https://github.com/compsys-progtools/kwl-sp26-brownsarahm/issues/
The prepare assignment is also posted on this site at the bottom of the notes from the previous class and on the prepare page

Key points:

Knowing something well requires practice so this course will have you do the most important things a lot of times
Having a friend introduce you to something or learn with you improces your motivation, which helps you learn, so we will have small group discussion in class alot
The beginning can be hard and slow, so we have a penalty free zone
learning new vocabulary is actually always the first step of learning, or joining a community, so we will do comprehension check questions in class to help you learn the key terms, and assignments will test if you know them.

GitHub Features and Class¶

See the time breakdown and make sure that you have a plan.

Watch your KWL repo, by clicking the watch button at the top, toward the right. You probably want to select “all activity” for this repo.
Check your notification settings. In particular you can choose to/not get emails and which email address they go to. You can learn more about the choice in the docs.

Navigate to your issues tab of your KWL repo
Create an issue using the content below
In the right panel, under Development click “create a branch”
Leave the default settings and then create the branch
close the popup with commands, we will learn them later
Click the branch under Development to go to the Code tab on that new branch (e.g. 7-create-about, but your number might be different)
Begin to edit the file
Commit changes directly to the branch named for the issue (e.g. 7-create-about, but your number might be different)
Go to the pull Request tab
Create a pull request with head:main and compare:7-create-about with your actual branch name
Mark the pull request as a draft using the link on the right hand side

title: Create About

body:

Fill in the about file tempalte

important complete installs for git and bash. This must be done in order to do the in class activity on Thursday.
Choose where on your local computer you will save work for this class and make note of that for yourself
Think about how files are organized in your computer. You do not need to go learn or read about this, but spend a few minutes thinking about what you know about this or how you interact with it.

Review

Practice

the text in () below is why each step is assigned

Review today’s notes both rendered and the raw markdown versions. Include links to both views in your badge PR comment. (to review the material and get familiar with the raw version)
Complete your about file on the same branch. Mark the PR ready for review. Request a review from @brownsarahm.
map out your computing knowledge and add it to your kwl chart repo. this can be an image that you upload or a text-based outline in a file called prior-knowledge-map. (optional) try mapping out using mermaid syntax, we’ll be using other tools that will faciltate rendering later (what we will learn will connect a lot of ideas, mapping out where you start, sets you up for success)

You need to have a draft PR for the about and the about issue.

This is really a matter of personal preference. I do recommend trying the Kanban board view to see if it helps you though.