Learn Enough Developer Tools to Be Dangerous: Command Line, Text Editor, and Git Version Control Essentials

by Michael Hartl

Overview

All You Need to Know, and Nothing You Don't, About Core Tools for Software Development

Three 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780137843268
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	06/17/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	38 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael Hartl created the legendary Ruby on Rails™ Tutorial that helped jumpstart thousands of web development careers. A cofounder and principal author at Learn Enough, Hartl previously earned a Ph.D. in physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also an alumnus Harvard University and the world-renowned Y Combinator entrepreneur program.

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Author

Part I: Command Line
Chapter 1: Basics
Chapter 2: Manipulating Files
Chapter 3: Inspecting Files
Chapter 4: Directories

Part II: Text Editor
Chapter 5: Introduction to Text Editors
Chapter 6: Modern Text Editors
Chapter 7: Advanced Text Editing

Part III: GIT
Chapter 8: Getting Started
Chapter 9: Backing Up and Sharing
Chapter 10: Intermediate Workflow
Chapter 11: Collaborating

Appendix A: Development Environment

Index

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Learn Enough Tutorials

"Going through Learn Enough Git is wonderful. I am actually learning. . . I've done three other Git tutorials and still felt so lost. Doing it all now makes so much sense. It's like a light bulb."
—Janelle Staar

"I bought the Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous last fall, and it's paid off sooooo many times in my new job. During my first week, I had a manager sitting right beside me giving me the 'go here, go there, do this, etc.' Having watched, read, and done the exercises, I was confident in getting around the CLI [command-line interface]—and even had him asking, 'What was that shortcut?' For this, I thank you. Now I need a 'Learn even more CLI to be dangerouser.'"
—Thomas Thackery

"I must say, this Learn Enough series is a masterpiece of education. Thank you for this incredible work!"
—Michael King

"I want to thank you for the amazing job you have done with the tutorials. They are likely the best tutorials I have ever read."
—Pedro Iatzky

From the Publisher