Ask an Expert: How to use command line (basic tutorial)

🎓 View our courses: https://scrimba.com/links/all-courses This week, we welcome back pro developer Michael, who'll give us a basic tutorial on how to use command line, the terminal and Bash. 🖥 Contents 🖥 0:00 - Introduction 2:17 - What is command line and why should I care? 5:14 - What platform are we using for this tutorial? 5:48 - Would you recommend learning Vim when working with the command line? 6:26 - How can we create our own commands that executes some scripts? 6:43 - Command line is more useful in linux and more powerful right? 8:02 - When is the right time to start learning about command line? 8:21 - How often do developers use command line? 9:22 - Is command line useful in debugging code? 🐞 9:44 - How do you open the CLI interface? 12:04 - Will Scrimba ever consider adding a backend type career path? 12:15 - Do you recommend devs use specialized command line software like Hyper, or just the default terminal? 13:26 - Does Scrimba have an interface to execute command line? 14:17 - Will I learn something here considering I’m using Windows? 15:50 - What is the major difference between Linux CLI vs Windows CLI? 16:47 - How can you navigate the file system? 36:04 - How do you give executable permissions to files? 39:05 - How do you name a folder or file with spaces? 40:26 - Does using code as a command to open VS Code require some set up? 45:47 - What is ‘cat’ short for? 🐱 55:50 - What can you automate using today’s lesson? 1:01:20 - What is Bash? 1:03:10 - What is rmdir for? 💻Check out Scrimba’s interactive learning platform: Scrimba: https://scrimba.com/ 🐦Say hi on Twitter: Scrimba: https://twitter.com/scrimba Leanne: https://twitter.com/RybaLeanne Michael: https://twitter.com/alanmynah