codex-lv2-may-2025

Week 2 Glossary (Cross-Referenced)

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Week 2 (VS Code & Developer Tools)

Around July 30, 2025, students practiced with VS Code, the Terminal, and Git Workflow. Focus was on reinforcing core developer tools before moving into event-driven programming and data. —

Tools & Environments

VS Code (Visual Studio Code)

The primary IDE for writing and managing code.

• Settings: Configured in settings.json.
• editor.formatOnSave: true → auto-format on save.
• files.autoSave: "afterDelay" → auto-save changes.
• Color Theme: Customizable (e.g., “Default Dark”, “Abyss”).
• Auto-completion: Suggests code as you type (CSS, JS).
• Automatic Formatting: Triggered with Alt-Shift-F.
• Known Bugs: Path navigation issues if filenames change case; restarting fixes some issues.
• Boilerplate: HTML starter generated by typing ! + Tab.
• Explorer: Sidebar for browsing project files. → Related: Boilerplate, HTML, CSS

Terminal (Shell)

Command-line interface integrated in VS Code for running Git and Node.js. → Related: Mkdir

Git

A version control system.

• git init → initialize repo.
• git add → stage changes.
• git commit -m "message" → save snapshot.
• git push → send changes to remote.
• Workflow: git add → git commit → git push.
• Repositories: Local + remote storage for projects. → Related: GitHub, Commit (Git), Diff (Git)

GitHub

Platform for hosting repos and collaborating.

• Username: Needed for surveys.
• URLs: Web addresses of repos submitted weekly. → Related: Repositories

Node.js

A JavaScript runtime to run JS outside browsers.

• Errors like "node is not defined" indicate installation/configuration issues. → Related: JavaScript

OneDrive

Cloud storage service.

• May cause conflicts with Git due to auto-sync.

  Programming Concepts

JavaScript

Programming language for interactivity.

• In Week 2: used in text-only form inside the terminal. → Related: Variables, Strings, POJO

HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

Core web language for structure. → Related: Boilerplate, Tag (HTML)

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Styles and layouts for HTML. → Related: Flex (Flexbox), Opacity (CSS)

POJO (Plain Old JavaScript Object)

Simple JS object for data practice (mirrors JSON). → Related: Destructure

Variables

Store values in code (var, const). → Related: Week 6 Variables, Counter Pattern

Indentation

Tabs/spaces for code readability.

• VS Code auto-formats with Alt-Shift-F.

  Workflow & Practice

Project Workflow

Steps for new projects:

• Create directory → git init → git add → git commit → git push. → Related: Git Workflow

Breakout Rooms

Online sub-rooms for collaboration, e.g., debugging "node not defined".