Introduces a new module on editor setup: install VS Code, add
essential extensions (Python, Pylance, Jupyter, GitLens,
EditorConfig, WSL/Remote-SSH where relevant), and pick one AI
coding extension from the current landscape (GitHub Copilot,
Microsoft Copilot, Claude, Codeium, Gemini Code Assist).
Tool-agnostic about the AI extension choice and framed around
what is likely available via institutional licensing.
Updates the top README to include section 03 in the Sections
table and adds coding-with-ai alongside cli-walkthrough in
Next steps. Section 03 is setup; coding-with-ai is the
practice counterpart.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Convert the modules list into a Sections table with topic and
description columns, matching the structure of the
cli-walkthrough README for consistency across the two repos.
- Add a Next steps section pointing readers to cli-walkthrough
as the natural sequel once they are comfortable with their
machine and can pull updates with git.
- Trim the "How to use this guide" section into a shorter
Getting started block, again matching cli-walkthrough.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A two-module standalone guide for setting up a new machine for
scientific computing work:
- 01-know-your-machine: hardware and OS inspection. Reads the
physical machine first via macOS/Linux terminals or Windows
PowerShell; a separate section walks through the WSL VM and
how its allocations differ from the host hardware.
- 02-git-basics: pull-focused git workflow. Install, configure
identity, clone a public repo, pull updates. Authentication
and pushing are deferred to a future collaboration module.
Includes top-level WSL.md (copied from cli-walkthrough) for
Windows users who need the Linux environment.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
