num_pages: 368
description: All You Need to Know and Nothing You Don't About Core Tools for Software DevelopmentThree of the core tools needed for modern software development are the Unix command line a text editor and version control with Git. But you don't need to learn everything about them just how to use them efficiently to solve real problems. In Learn Enough Developer Tools to Be Dangerous renowned instructor Michael Hartl teaches the specific concepts skills and approaches you need so you can learn to write apps get hired collaborate and maybe even launch your own company.Even if you've never used (or even heard of) these tools before Hartl helps you quickly build technical sophistication and master the lore you need to succeed. Focused exercises help you internalize what matters without wasting time on details pros don't care about. Soon it'll be like you were born knowing this stuff--and you'll be suddenly seriously dangerous.Learn enough about . . . Running a terminal entering and editing commands and using man pages Manipulating and inspecting files: from basic copying to finding patterns Organizing files with directories Learning Minimum Viable Vim Basic and advanced editing techniques with editors like Atom and VS Code Using the human-readable Markdown language for writing quick documentation Formatting source code and writing executable scripts Getting started with Git and GitHub Using key Git workflows: commit push branch merge and more Collaborating on Git projects and resolving code conflicts Setting up dev environments: macOS Linux Windows and cloud Michael Hartl's Learn Enough series includes books and video courses that focus on the most important parts of each subject so you don't have to learn everything to get started--you just have to learn enough to be dangerous and solve technical problems yourself.Register your book for convenient access to downloads updates and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
language: English
title: Learn Enough Developer Tools to Be Dangerous: Command Line, Text Editor, and Git Version Control Essentials
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional