• Quick intro to a our first lab/project
• Inclass "Lab Jam" 🎸
• Start our first project!

• Folders are directories
• Files are pieces of named data with a file extension
• Paths are where the files and folders are located

my-project/
├── src/
    ├── index.html
    ├── styles.css
    ├── script.js
├── README.md

• Q: How many file types are in the project?
• A: 4
  • .html = HTML
  • .css = CSS
  • .js = JavaScript
  • .md = Markdown
• Q: How many folders are in the project?
• A: 1, src
• Q: What's the path to the index.html file?
• A: my-project/src/index.html
  • On Windows: my-project\src\index.html

• A file that contains normal text characters (ASCII, UTF-8, etc.)
• ASCII, UTF-8? What are these?
  • ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
  • UTF-8 = Unicode Transformation Format 8
  • Why? Everyone needs to agree on what characters mean.
• In practice, text files mean "plain human readable text"
• All of the previous examples are text files (.html, .css, .js, .md)

my-notes.txt

My Class Notes
The professor was...
a bit boring
talked too fast
slides glitched out

my-notes-v2.txt

My Class Notes

The professor was...

- a bit boring
- talked too fast
- slides glitched out

my-notes.md

# My Class Notes

The professor was...

- a bit boring
- talked too fast
- slides glitched out

The same source can drive many outputs.

• Learning to clearly define and shape our thoughts
• Provide agents with clear, structured, instruction
• An industry standard for writing and communicating

Markdown Prompt Lab Jam 🎸