pre-requisites.md

Workshop pre-requisites

Before the workshop, please ensure you have done the following:

• Install a code editor of your choice. If you aren’t familiar with a code editor, VS Code or PyCharm (community edition) are good options.
• Install and start Docker
  • Mac users
  • Linux users
  • Windows
  • Important things to note:
    • You will be prompted to create a DockerHub account. Follow the instructions in order to download Docker
    • Follow the installation prompts (go with the default options) until you have successfully started Docker
    • [Windows users] When prompted to enable Hyper-V and Containers features, click 'Ok' and let computer restart again.
    • You may have to restart your computer 2-3 times.
• Install a REST client (e.g. Insomnia)
• Create accounts:
  • Heroku (free)
  • CircleCI (free)
• [Windows Users only] Install git bash. We will be using git bash as the terminal for the workshop.