Software and Installation Guides

Git

• Download Git Bash
• Git Bash installation video or guide
• GitHub SSH key configuration

Officially Supported Compiler and IDE: GCC and Visual Studio Code

• Download and install Visual Studio Code and watch the getting started video
• Setup VS Code for compiling a C++ Hello World application using GCC with MinGW. Follow the instructions up to, and including, the section entitled “Set a watch”.
• Here are some additional productivity tips. These are not required for the labs but are very useful if you are going to be using VS Code a lot.