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Getting Started

A welcome letter, your development environment, and a live portfolio site deployed to GitHub Pages. Free for everyone. Sets up the tools and mindset you will carry through every module.

Instructor Sarah Floris · Lead ML Engineer

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Welcome letter — why this curriculum exists
Git, uv, and VS Code setup — skip if already set up
How projects and capstones work — before lesson 1
Your portfolio site on GitHub Pages
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What you will learn

Before the first module

Why this curriculum is structured the way it is — the research behind retrieval practice
How to set up your development environment with uv, VS Code, and Python 3.12
How to fork the portfolio starter repo and deploy it to GitHub Pages
How to add your capstone projects to the portfolio as you complete them
How the active learning structure works — quizzes, projects, and capstones

Prerequisites

Nothing — this is the starting point

No prior experience required. If you can open a terminal and type a command, you are ready. This module sets everything else up.

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01	Welcome
02	Git & Debugging
03	Projects & Capstones
04	Your Portfolio Site

Getting Started

Before the first module

Nothing — this is the starting point

4 chapters

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