Text Editor

• Using a text editor is seen as a personal choice as they generally all perform the same functions

  What is a text editor?

  A software that one manages and writes text, especially for building websites Features

  1. code completion
  2. syntax highlighting
  3. variety of themes
  4. ability to choose from a selection of extensions

code completion Allows you to start typing and the feature will give suggestions based on what you typed. It essentially saves you time and avoids mistakes such as finishing code quotations.

syntax highlighting It takes the text you type and makes it more noticeable by giving it color. This makes your code easier to read.

themes More for cosmetic use such as for websites

You can always add more extensions through your text editor

Using the standard text editor for your device requires more pre-work and has no special attributes to give to the user compared to other tools such as VSCode

• IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) combines text editor, file managing, compiling, and debugging in one whole package / similar to Microsoft Outlook

Terminal Cheat Sheet**

The Command Line

• Line 1
  • presents with a prompt, usually a command is typed first
• Lines 2-5
  • usually the output of the command from line 1
• Line 6
  • presents the prompt again

Opening a Terminal

Through Mac, open launchpad and type >terminal>

Shortcuts

• pwd(print working directory) (tells you your current directory)
• ls (gives our location and is also list items in a folder)
• touch (this creates a file)
• cp (copy command)
• brew install programs
• mkdir (make directory)
• code . (references current directory to VSCode) (command to use to open vs code)
• ~(tilde) shortcut for home directory
• . (dot) reference to current directory
• .. (dotdot) this is a reference to parent directory on the hierarchical structure
• cd allows for change in directory where we can move around through the system
• git gitflow commands

Paths

• when we refer to a file or directory we are referring to a path: the way to get to a file or directory through the system
  • there are two paths: absolute and relative
• root directory (/) is the top of the subdirectories

Other Notes

• Linux is case sensitive
• Spaces in names are okay but be wary
• Quotes use single and/or double
• Escape character () nulls the meaning of the next character
• Hidden files can be revealed by (ls -a)

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