Development Environment Setup
Install and configure essential development tools to prepare your workstation for platform engineering work.
Lab Overview
In this hands-on lab, you'll set up a complete development environment with all the tools you'll need for the bootcamp. You'll install VS Code with essential extensions, configure your terminal with productivity enhancements, and set up Git for version control.
This lab ensures everyone has a consistent, production-ready development environment before diving into hands-on platform engineering work in Week 2 and beyond.
By the end of this lab, you'll have:
- VS Code installed with platform engineering extensions
- Terminal configured with oh-my-zsh and useful aliases
- Git installed and configured with SSH authentication
- Verified environment ready for Week 2 work
Prerequisites
basic familiarity with using a computer
no prior development experience required
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Content & Learning
- Access to all courses and bootcamps
- Video lessons with closed captions
- Interactive quizzes and assessments
- Course completion certificates
Hands-On Labs
- Browser-based cloud labs
- Pre-configured VMs ready to use
- Playgrounds for experiments
- Multi-VM realistic scenarios
AWS Integration
- Managed AWS Account included
- Pre-configured environments
- Real-world cloud scenarios
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- Priority support
- Active community forum
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- Everything runs in your browser
- No software installation needed
- Automatic environment provisioning
- Works on any device
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