Step 1 — Get cozy with the terminal

Typing one line is faster than clicking through three folders. First, open a terminal.

Windows: Windows Terminal

# Search "Windows Terminal" in Microsoft Store, install
# Or via winget:
winget install Microsoft.WindowsTerminal

Default shell is PowerShell. Add WSL2 (Ubuntu) later as you grow.

macOS: iTerm2

# Install Homebrew first if missing
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# Install iTerm2
brew install --cask iterm2

Five commands to know

pwd       # print working directory
ls        # list files
cd ..     # go up one folder
mkdir hi  # create a folder
cd hi     # enter it

These five cover 90% of day-to-day work.

Next

Step 2: Your first Git commit →