My First Dev.to Article

👋 Hello Dev.to community!

This is my very first article on Dev.to! I’m excited to start writing and sharing what I learn on my web development journey.

So far, here’s what I’ve done:

• ✅ Installed Git and created a GitHub account

  1. Went to git-scm.com and downloaded Git for Windows.
  2. Followed the installation prompts.
  3. Signed up at github.com and created an account.
  4. Configured Git with:

   git config --global user.name "rinnah-oyugi"
   git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
  

• ✅Installed Python

  1. Downloaded Python from python.org.
  2. Made sure to check the box "Add Python to PATH" during installation.
  3. Verified installation by running:

   python --version
  

• ✅Using PyCharm as my code editor

  1. Downloaded PyCharm Community Edition from jetbrains.com.
  2. Installed and set up a basic Python project.
  3. Linked it with Git for version control.

• ✅Running Ubuntu on Windows through WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

  1. Enabled WSL by running this in PowerShell (Admin):

   wsl --install
  

1. Installed Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store.
2. Set up username and password.

3. Updated Ubuntu with:
   

    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
   

• ✅ Configured Git with GitHub using SSH

  1. Generated SSH key with:

   ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"
  

1. Added SSH key to the ssh-agent.

2. Copied the public key using:
   

    cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
   

3. Pasted it into GitHub → Settings → SSH and GPG keys.

4. Tested connection:
   

    ssh -T [email protected]
   

Setting up of Docker

1. Installed Docker Desktop from docker.com.
2. Enabled WSL 2 integration for Ubuntu in Docker settings.

3. Verified installation with:
   

    docker --version
   

4. Ran my first container using:
   

    docker run hello-world
   

5. Successfully tested Docker with simple linux containers and docker-compose!

🎉 It’s been a great learning experience so far. I’m looking forward to learning even more and sharing my progress with you all.

Thanks for reading!