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Development Environment Setup

Install and configure essential development tools to prepare your workstation for platform engineering work.

30 minutes
platform-engineering/setup
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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

What You'll Learn

Install and configure VS Code with extensions for DevOps and platform engineering work

Set up Git with professional configuration and SSH authentication for GitHub

Configure a productive terminal environment with shell enhancements

Verify all development tools work together by running a real project end-to-end

Prerequisites

basic familiarity with using a computer

no prior development experience required

Technologies Covered

development-environmentvscodegitterminalsetup

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