Developer Tools
The terminal, Git, GitHub, and the everyday tools every developer relies on — the unglamorous fundamentals that make everything else in this site easier to build.
This is the course most beginners skip and later wish they hadn't. You'll go from typing your first terminal command to a complete daily workflow: navigating without a mouse, saving versions of your work with Git, backing everything up on GitHub, editing faster in VS Code, and installing code other developers wrote with npm — the exact workflow used to build and publish this entire site.
One membership, every course
Your devnotes membership includes this entire Developer Tools course, HTML & CSS Fundamentals, and JavaScript Basics — all lessons, as they're released.
Terminal Basics: Navigating Without a Mouse
The commands you'll type every single day, explained without jargon.
Git Basics: Tracking Changes Without Fear
Save versions of your code and undo mistakes safely. The three-stage model of Git, explained with a simple visual diagram.
GitHub: Sharing and Backing Up Your Code
Push your projects online and collaborate with others. How this very site is hosted and published, step by step.
VS Code Like a Pro
Shortcuts and extensions that save hours every week. The Command Palette, multi-cursor editing, and the 4 extensions worth installing on day one.
Package Managers: Installing Code Others Wrote
npm, dependencies, and why that node_modules folder is so huge. Package.json, dependencies vs. devDependencies, and npm scripts.
Final Project: Your Real Dev Workflow
Put terminal, Git, and VS Code together into one daily routine. The exact 5-line loop working developers repeat every single day.