• Configure a directory for storing lessons
• Understand the relationship between navigating directories in the terminal and navigating directories in a graphical user interface like Finder
• Practice common terminal commands such as pwd, ls, mkdir, and cd

From now on, you'll be executing code on your own computer. For each and every lab, you'll be copying the code to your computer using Git. You will then be able to run and test your code in your terminal and submit your work to Canvas using a tool called CodeGrade. You will learn how to do all of this in the next lesson. First, however, you need to get your local directory structure set up and learn how to navigate around in it.

For Mac users, follow along with this video:

For Windows users, follow along with this video:

• Go to your terminal and navigate to your home directory by typing cd ~.
• Navigate into the Development folder with cd Development (if you don't have a Development folder yet, you can create it with mkdir Development, then cd into it).
• Create a directory for all your assignments by typing mkdir code.
• Navigate into this folder with cd code.
• In here, create a directory for Software Engineering Prep with mkdir se-prep.

You'll be going through multiple phases in this course, so it may be helpful to go one step further and also create folders for phases 1 through 5 within code. When making the phase folders use a - between words. For example, the phase 1 folder should be named phase-1.

Having a specific place for your work will make it easier to find if you ever need to look back at an earlier project. It'll also keep the rest of your computer's folders clear of random code.

Here's a quick reference of the terminal commands used in these videos. For more, check out this awesome cheatsheet.

• Terminal Commands Cheatsheet