If you have not already configured your system to work on the Python 101 labs project, please refer to Section 4 of Python 101 for step-by-step instructions.
You will complete this lab in the project that you downloaded or cloned from GitHub and opened within your VSCode IDE.
Learn by Doing
- Open the project you downloaded or cloned in VSCode.
- Complete all exercises in the
04_build-somethingfolder - Review, execute, and experiment with each of your solution. First, get it working. Second, improve your solution.
- If you get stuck or have any questions, please reach out to your mentor directly or to the community on Discord.
- When you complete the labs, please be sure to push your work to GitHub. This step is easily and often overlooked, but it is one of the most important. Version control and collaboration tools, most notably Git & GitHub, are used ubiquitously by all software engineers and engineering companies. Looking at the two contribution graphs below, who would you hire?
- If you are not yet familiar with Git & GitHub, don't fret. This will be introduced in Chapter 13 of this course - you will push all your work up to that point to GitHub at that time. Otherwise, we advise that you not skip it. Prove your work. Push it to GitHub. Get the practice, and get those GitHub Greens!
Not familiar with Git and GitHub? Want to start pushing your work to GitHub now? Feel free to jump ahead to Section 13: Version Control and work through that section. Then, return here and continue.
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Hey there, before you move on. Did you run, review, and complete the labs in the 04_build-something folder? If not, go give them a try! The skills you gain by working through these labs and experimenting with them, as well as the proof you will build over time will likely be important factors in your success. If you haven't yet, open up VSCode and write some code!