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This tutorial assumes you know absolutely nothing about software development, Git, or coding |
By the end of this list, you should be in a place where you are more than ready to start work on the car. A lot of this stuff you might have already done or don't need to do if you've dabbled in software development before, but if you're fresh out of cornerstone you might need to go step by step. Go through at your own discretion, but each step is pretty important.
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Git
Save your Git Credentials/SSH tokens https://mgimond.github.io/Colby-summer-git-workshop-2021/authenticating-with-github.html
View the Git 101 Presentation below if you’re not familiar with Git
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PlatformIO & VSCode
Install Visual Studio Code Once installed, open VSCode and install the extension PlatformIO
Might also be useful to install Python (preferably v3.10 per Telemetry Hub)
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Coding Basics & Helpful Tips
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If you’re ever stuck while programming, Google and Stack Overflow!! Learning to find answers online is literally half of software engineering |
If you're interested in learning Python and coding higher-level applications
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, try to walk through this tutorial. If you do all the exercises you'll get a pretty good understanding of Python.
If you're interested in learning C++ and lower-level embedded code
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, try to walk through this tutorial. This should lay the groundwork for coding with objects, constructors, pointers, etc, especially if you do the exercises for the stuff you don't know. The code really resembles Arduino code at a base level.
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Contribute
Clone whatever repository you're going to be working in
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