onboarding_guide.md

Onboarding for Tradecraft Engineering

Welcome!
This guide should help you get started with the engineering track. Follow the tasks below:

Developer Environment Setup

Sign up (if you don’t already have an account) for:
Github
Heroku

Install Heroku Toolbelt

Install Brew
http://brew.sh/ OR (in Terminal.app)

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Update Git past 2.0.0 (for security reasons)

Install Node(in Terminal.app)

brew install node

Install Bower(in Terminal.app)

npm install bower -g

Install Grunt(in Terminal.app)

npm install grunt -g

Install postgres.app

Add psql to your path by opening ~/.bash_profile from Terminal.app and adding this line (anywhere):

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.4/bin

Add subl to your path by following this guide

Setup SSH for Github by following this guide

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First Tasks

Clone this repository to your computer.

git clone _______

Find the repository link to the right hand side of the page. Use the SSH link instead of the HTTPS link to verify you set up SSH correctly.

Next, locally (on your computer), create a branch with your name. (Stuck?)

Edit this page locally (at the bottom) to include your name and a link to your github profile, then push your branch to this repository.
Then file a pull request.

Next Steps

Start going through the materials provided in this repository. Typically we start at front-end but might start with iOS in the future.

People who have completed this guide:

Liz (Track lead)
Janardan (Track lead)

David (Loves cat gifs)

Mateo

[Caitlin] (https://github.com/caitlin-mohnike)

[Cynthia] (https://github.com/cstoneburner)

[Vanessa] (https://github.com/creatigeek)

[Matt] (https://github.com/Gwater17)