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Orientation

What is this machine, actually?

The foundational understanding that got skipped. What is a terminal. What is a file system. What is Git. The early computer stuff that nobody teaches designers because everyone assumes someone else already did.

7 lessons118 min total
Prerequisites

None. This is the starting line.

What You Will Learn
  • Understand what Zero Vector Design is and what you are building toward
  • Navigate your computer from the terminal
  • Understand how files and folders are organized
  • Use Git for version control
  • Push code to a repository on GitHub
  • Deploy a project to the internet
  • Understand how domain names and DNS work
Lessons
01
What Is Zero Vector?
The methodology, the mindset, and what you are building toward.
New15 min
02
The Terminal
Your first interface was a command line. It still is.
New20 min
03
File Systems
Where your stuff lives, and why it matters.
New15 min
04
Git Basics
Version control is not Google Drive.
New20 min
05
Repositories
A home for your code.
New15 min
06
Deployment
From your computer to the internet.
New18 min
07
DNS
How the internet finds your site.
New15 min