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Onboarding

Tip

Other resources will continue to be added throughout the course length. You should check the resource pages regularly!

Before the second class meeting, please complete the following steps:

  1. Create a typst account

    • Sign up on typst.
    • Typst is a modern alternative to LaTeX for typesetting scientific documents.

  2. Create a GitHub account

    • Sign up on GitHub
    • Validate your account with the code received by email.

  3. Install a Package Manager:

    • This will make installing software easier.
      • Windows: Chocolatey
      • Mac: Homebrew
      • Linux: You already have a package manager (e.g., apt, dnf, pacman).

  4. Install Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

    • Download and install it from Visual Studio Code.
    • This will be our main editor for coding and document preparation.

  5. Join the Chat

    • Connect via WhatsApp.
    • Send a short hello message once you’ve joined.

💡 Don’t worry if some of these tools don’t make sense yet, we’ll go over them together in class. For now, just make sure everything is installed and set up.