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Old 17th June 2017, 08:54 PM
Glenn Stewart Glenn Stewart is offline
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Okay.... time for the hard prerequisites

There are two basic tools you will require that not every computer user has out there:
  1. an ssh client
  2. a git client

What the heck are they?

Okay, if you don't know that's fine. I'll explain.
If you've studied ahead, and you know exactly what these are, skip ahead.

Worth noting, if you have a Mac or Linux, both ssh and git are already pre-installed. Skip ahead if you like. If you have Windows, unfortunately there is a bit of work to do. Continue reading.

GIT

Git? No, it's not your best mate. It's a program that is used to send text, code or whatever you like to a git repository. Yep, that hasn't convinced you has it. Its traditional use is for software developers to track changes to code. Honestly, it's a tool I can't live without. But for our purpose, it has a very short and sweet use. To get my code, and to send it to your Resin. That's it!!! Then your devices are running pretty, and you haven't had to do much work at all.

To install git, follow this guide nicely written by someone in my company far more neatly than I could have:
https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/install-git
The windows guide is here:
https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutori...ll-git#windows

For the sake of Resin and SSH, it makes life easy if you signup for Github.com.
Click here to signup for Github to save time later on

SSH

An ssh client is a program that can securely connect to an ssh server. Awesome right? It's the method that most will use to connect to their Raspberry Pi and once connected, you can type awesome commands.
Thankfully though, I am taking you out of the loop. It's going to be used to allow you to send information to Resin.io and get the ball rolling on your devices.

I think best guide to installing this on Windows is this simple video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi-WqFKYpnw

When you have ssh and git working, continue on....
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