Technical requirements
In this introductory chapter, you will create a GitHub account and a GitHub repository and will review a YAML file, as hands-on practice in preparation for the subsequent chapters in this book. To accomplish all that, you will need the following:
- A computer or laptop with access to the internet, and modern browsers, such as the latest versions of Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Microsoft Edge.
- A command-line utility: For macOS and Linux, you will need a system such as Terminal, where you can run shell and
Git
commands. For Windows, you will need to download and install Git Bash, if you do not already have it installed. - An email address, which you will need in order to create a GitHub account.
- A text editor such as Atom, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Sublime, and so on.