Build Your First HomeLab — Basic

Starting a project can feel difficult when your laptop is not ready for development.

Where should you write code? What is the terminal for? How does Git connect to GitHub? What does a runtime do? How can an AI coding assistant help without taking over the entire project?

Build Your First HomeLab — Basic is a practical online setup session for beginners who want to create a reliable personal development environment for working with software and AI.

Together, we’ll install, connect, and test the core tools used in a modern local development workflow:

• An editor or IDE for creating and managing project files
• The terminal for running commands and checking your environment
• Git for tracking changes
• GitHub for storing and managing your code online
• The required programming runtime and package manager
• An AI coding assistant for planning, building, explaining, and debugging
• A small starter project to confirm that everything is working