🏠 Applied Computing Foundations

Purpose

This site covers a small set of computing basics before the Guide to Professional Python, including:

• how to move around a terminal
• sharing projects with Git and GitHub
• how to organize Python project folders on the computer

Target

This overview is for capable professionals new to terminals, file paths, and repositories. It provides foundational information before the professional Python guide.

Contents

1. Key Concepts.
2. Working with Terminals: open a terminal, print current directory, list folder contents, change directory, and more.
3. Git and GitHub: what a repository is, and how to keep our local copy and the GitHub copy synchronized.
4. Create a Repos Folder for holding git repositories: Mac/Linux or Windows.
5. How to Take Screenshots.

Next Step

• Pro Analytics 02: Guide to Professional Python.