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Posted by Robin Smith
Robin Smith
1,429 Points

Help! I don't know how to use my pc to program?? I'm clueless?

I simply do not know instructions to give me the capability to write code on my own pc?? It's driving me crazy. I've been using treehouse's and now want my own. Please help. I can't believe it's that hard. Thanks in advance!!! :)

2 Answers

Alan Shahry
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Alan Shahry
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Alan Shahry
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Alan Shahry
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,574 Points

Hi Robin! To write a program in any language you need a plain text editor. You can download a text editor of your choice like Atom, Sublime etc. To run the program, I need to know what language you are trying to execute. To run some programs in some languages such as Java or Python, you need a compiler also. If you are using JavaScript or simply learning HTML and CSS, you won't need to download anything else. Your browser will take care of it for you. if you are watching the HTML course, Treehouse teacher will show you how to write and execute the code. The same process they are using for workspaces can be applied with any other text editor. In this case, you write the code in the text editor, save the file and choose a name with .html extension. Then you drag the HTML file into any browser to see the result. OR depending on your text editor, you go to the file and find the option where it says view in browser. Good luck!

Robin Smith
Robin Smith
1,429 Points

I can get sublime up. Thank you. I had gotten that far...by the time you responded I wrote some code and tried to view my work and there was no option to see??? Sorry...I'm so frustrated. What should I use? Thanks for your help!! Robin

Alan Shahry
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Alan Shahry
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Alan Shahry
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Alan Shahry
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,574 Points

When you are finished with the code, if you are using Sublime, just have a right click on the code and you will see the option where it says "open in browser" Click on that and you should be able to see the result.