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Basics every technical job needs

The skills every technical job needs: the terminal and files, Git, reading errors and docs, JSON and YAML, HTTP and APIs.

6 lessons275 min lesson

The lessons

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  1. 1

    Files and folders in the terminal

    I can move round files and folders from a terminal.

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  2. 2

    Reading and searching text files

    I can read and search text files from the terminal.

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  3. 3

    Saving your work with Git

    I can save my work as commits and see its history.

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  4. 4

    Requests and responses on the web

    I can say what a request and a response are.

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  5. 5

    Data in JSON and YAML

    I can read and write data in JSON and YAML.

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  6. 6

    Reading errors and finding fixes

    I can read an error message and find the fix.

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