Udacity Workspace vs. Local Environment

Below, we’ve included a Udacity workspace. Here, you'll be able to work on exercises without leaving the classroom environment. However, if you instead want to work on the exercises on your local machine, we’ve also included instructions in that case with the task list below.

If you are working locally, you will want to use this repository for your work - make sure to fork it and then clone it to your local machine to avoid accidentally trying to push your updates to the Udacity master repository.

Note that this repository makes use of git branches for each step of this lesson. You will want to use the step before the exercise you are on as a starting point (or your own code, if you feel you completed the previous step completely). So, the first exercise is branch 0-initial-setup, but you’ll also want to use that as the basis for the second exercise (remember - computer science often starts from zero!). You’ll use the next branch 1-install-webpack when you move onto the third exercise.

If you need to check which branches are available, use git branch -a. Then, once you know which branch you want, use git checkout {branch-name}, e.g. git checkout 0-initial-setup.

Exercise: Getting Started

If you are using the classroom workspace, you do not need to use the tasklist below - it’s here to help those working on their local machines. The same instructions are included in the workspace, so you should click “Expand” on the bottom left to be able to use your full screen.