CSCI 121 - Pre Lab 1

Lab Resources

Lab Instructions

For this lab you are to perform each of the following:
  1. Verify Brackets is installed on the lab workstation (see link above, suggested you install on your personal laptop later if applicable).
  2. Create a Google account, if required, (see link above), sign-on.
  3. Navigate to drive.google.com (see link above).
  4. Create new folder named "CSCI 121".
  5. Using Brackets (or for this lab Notepad), author and save a document entitled ReadMe.txt.
  6. Upload the ReadMe.txt file to Google Docs, storing in "CSCI 121" folder.
  7. Share the ReadMe.txt file with thomas.rogers@millersville.edu
  8. Verify with instructor that he received and can access the shared file.

Lab Topics - Topics discussed during the lab

  1. Brackets v1.70 is free and recommeneded for download and installation to students computers.
  2. In future labs, explicit instructions will be given on filenames for your submissions. Please follow.
  3. Brackets is a rudimentary text editor that has support for HTML in it's auto-fill, color coding, etc, but it is NOT a full-featured HTML editor. The choice to use Brackets for this course was purposeful so that you could learn HTML.
  4. Helpful tip: Until you SAVE the current file in Brackets with a .HTML file extension, Brackets does not know you are editing an HTML document and will not offer up drop downs of HTML tags or auto-format things for you, etc. So, when starting a new document, save the blank file first with an HTML file extension then proceed to author it.
  5. When sharing lab submissions in the future, unless otherwise directed, please make sure to only share the specific file instructed and not your entire "CSCI 121" Google Drive folder.
  6. Next class if Friday Sept 2nd at 11am, room R-136.