Week 1: Development Tools#

Status: Draft scaffold.

Use this week for the baseline tools students need before starting assessments.

Topics#

• Coding environment setup
• VS Code and editor workflows
• Shell and command-line workflows
• Python tooling with uv
• Git and GitHub
• Markdown, JSON, Unicode, and working formats

Learning Goals#

• Configure a local development environment for course work.
• Run scripts and tools from the terminal.
• Track and submit work through Git and GitHub.
• Work confidently with common data and documentation formats.

Lessons#

• Coding Environment Setup
• Lab 1
• Lab 2

Content Checklist#

• Final lesson sequence
• Setup instructions
• Practice exercises
• Assessment link
• Troubleshooting notes