07.02 Visual Studio Code Exercise

Exercise Deliverables

1. Upload an screenshot of your online game
   • Label the file YYYY-MM-DD Lastname Firstname online game (.jpg, .png)
2. Upload URL of website
   • Label the file YYYY-MM-DD Lastname Firstname URL (.docx, .pdf, .txt)

Exercise Overview

Example Game  

1. Create a folder on your computer to hold GitHub repositories Git-Repositories
2. Create a folder inside your Git-Repositories folder such as my-game
3. Create a GitHub account at https://github.com  
   • Sign up with your student email address
   • Choose a username that can be in a URL address. Username can be anything. Does not need to be your name or identifiable
4. Download and Install Visual Studio Code  
5. Install git if not installed
   • GitHub git Install Guide  
6. Open Visual Studio Code
7. Open the my-game folder in Visual Studio Code
8. Create a new file called index.html
   • Type “Hello Fuzzy Banana!” in the file
   • Save the File
9. Got to Terminal - New Terminal
   • In the Terminal type each of the following (Replace with your information.) Each should be typed individually. Press Enter or Return after each line.
   • git config --global user.name "Your Name"
   • git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"
10. Click the source control icon.
11. Initialize the repository.
12. Type a commit message.
13. Click Commit Changes.
14. Click Publish Branch and select public repository.
15. Connect Visual Studio Code to your GitHub Account.

Exercise Resources

External Resources

• GitHub git Install Guide  

Video Guides

• How to Install Visual Studio Code  
• Configure GitHub Username and Email  
• Setup Username and Email with Git and GitHub in Visual Studio Code on Windows  
• How to Use Visual Studio Code and GitHub  
• Publish GitHub Branch  
• VSC Extensions for Web Development  

Grading Rubric