Week 1 Objectives

These are the concepts in the Week 1 Worksheet:

Bash Profile

• [ ] Export environmental variables to make them always available when they open a terminal shell.
• [ ] Add a file to the $PATH environmental variable.
• [ ] Change the terminal prompt
• [ ] Create an alias **** Upload a small screenshot to prove you’ve changed the terminal and added 1 alias

Vim

• [ ] Open up a file in the Vim editor
• [ ] Navigate around within a file
• [ ] Make basic changes
• [ ] Save changes made to a file
• [ ] Exit the editor (with or without saving changes)
• [ ] Understand the difference between insert and command mode, and how to switch between them.
• [ ] Understand some of the basic structure of how editing commands work
• [ ] Use the help feature to learn more

Professionalism

• [ ] Understand what is meant by “professionalism”
• [ ] Understand why professionalism is important both at Techtonica and in a work setting
• [ ] Understand what behaviors are expected of a professional
• [ ] Understand what accepted standards of professionalism are

Learning How to Learn

• [ ] Their own learning style(s)
• [ ] How to fix new information in their minds What the Growth Mindset is and how to practice it

Operating systems

• [ ] Which two things does the operating system interact with?
• [ ] Describe the managers used by the OS to carry out tasks.
• [ ] Which OS are you using right now? Name two other popular operating systems.

Asking Good Questions

• [ ] How software engineers learn on the job
• [ ] What resources are available to software engineers for getting “unstuck”
• [ ] How software engineers ask questions when they need help

Networking

• [ ] Comfortably meet new people and start conversations, online and in-person, even as introverts
• [ ] Connect with people after meeting
• [ ] Ask for what you need
• [ ] Nurture and build your network

How the Internet Works

• [ ] How are the devices on the internet physically connected to each other?
• [ ] How is information physically transmitted from device to device?
• [ ] How does one device find another it’s trying to communicate with?
• [ ] What methods do devices on the internet use to communicate?
• [ ] How can we send data reliably even if the network is unreliable?