Configure Software

GitHub

GitHub needs to know who you are. It needs the email you signed up to GitHub with and your full name. Use the following two commands (I've used my name as an example)

git config --global user.name Mark Ferraretto
git config --global user.email mark@ferraretto.com

Python

We need to install the requests module into Python. Do this at the PowerShell command prompt

> py -m pip install requests

Note: if py doesn't work try python or python3

VS Code

Install the extensions as per the image below

1. Click on the Extensions in VS Code
2. Install the Python extension. It will install Pylance automatically
3. (Optional) Install the PowerShell extension

   ![image](/img/docs/02-10-python-extension.png

PowerShell

We suggest you create a directory where you will store all your repositories. eg: create a directory called Software in your home directory. You can do this from the PowerShell command line:

> cd $home
> mkdir Software