In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes continue their discussion of fundamentals — Bash, text editors, Regex, Github, Dev tools, and more!

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Show Notes

03:17 - Typing

• Take an online typing test or skills - https://www.keybr.com/

07:02 - Bash / Terminal

• WSL
• What directory am I in?
• SSH
• How to copy / paste / remove files and folders
• z
• Nice prompt (ZSH or fish)
• Know how to get out of VIM/VI and how to use it for fast editing
• Know how to make an alias

13:19 - Text editors

• Command Palette
• Keyboard shortcuts (just look them up!)
• Click through to source
• Multiple cursors
• Find/replace master
• Find and replace across files

18:37 - Regex

• Regex101
• https://regexone.com will teach you just enough

22:03 - OS Basics

• Switching apps
• Unzipping
• File organization
• Searching for/in files

28:50 - Googling

• Learn how to google well
• What words to use and what not to
• Basic operators “-”, ",
• Use Reddit: for opinions
• Add dates - example: Library has been out for 6 months, and you can filter out

33:08 - Navigating GitHub

• Explore for finding interesting projects and creators
• Know how to clone a repo
• Create repo and push to it
• https://octolinker.now.sh/ to click through to files
• Use Octotree to navigate

36:20 - Navigating source

• View source
• Where to start in a repo (ie the entrance to a project)
• Most code repos are easier to read and understand than you give yourself credit for - it will improve your code reading and parsing skills
• Access to the minds of other developers

37:31 - Knowing how to pick the right dev tools pane

• Is it network based?
• Does it happen once you click something?
• Toggling CSS on/off
• When console logging makes sense vs using a better tool

Links

• TypingTest.com
• Wes’ Command Line Power User
• Karabiner
• BetterTouchTool
• Alfred

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