Before you begin…

Prerequisite Skills

In order to succeed in this program, you should have basic skills in any programming language. You should also feel comfortable with the command line and using Github.

In some programming language, you should feel comfortable doing the following:

• Defining functions
• Using loops and conditional statements
• Working with various data structures

In the Command Line, you should feel comfortable:

• Navigating through folders and files
• Running scripts from the command line
• Installing packages

In Github, you should feel comfortable:

• Creating and cloning repositories
• Making commits to a repository

Additional Resources

If there are skills you'd like to brush up on, you can find the following free courses on Udacity

• Intro to Python
• Command Line Essentials
• Git and Github

If you feel like you are not prepared for this program, feel free to either refer to the free courses mentioned above when you get stuck, or contact support@udacity.com about postponing your enrollment.