WEBVTT 00:00.310 --> 00:06.840 Already so is often a healthy amount of time talking about higher level things kind of setting the stage 00:06.870 --> 00:08.190 for this course. 00:08.250 --> 00:12.740 Why should you care about databases what are databases what's. 00:12.810 --> 00:15.090 Well where's that fit in what sequel. 00:15.090 --> 00:15.950 And so on. 00:16.080 --> 00:19.190 Now it's actually time for us to really get going. 00:19.440 --> 00:21.430 So hopefully that's a little bit exciting. 00:21.660 --> 00:28.040 Unfortunately the first thing we have to do is install the tools install my as you will on your computers. 00:28.590 --> 00:34.350 So I want to add a note really early on which is that in my experience installing anything can be a 00:34.350 --> 00:35.010 pain. 00:35.340 --> 00:40.700 And that's true for someone who is an experienced developer all the way down to a complete beginner. 00:40.950 --> 00:46.110 It's always a potential point of friction or things can go wrong and nothing is more frustrating than 00:46.230 --> 00:48.120 being excited to do something. 00:48.360 --> 00:53.520 Being excited to learn something new and then have it not work or have to spend hours trying to figure 00:53.520 --> 00:57.320 out why it's not installed correctly and what's going on in my opinion. 00:57.330 --> 00:59.580 It's one of the worst parts of being a developer. 00:59.880 --> 01:04.920 And then also in my experience teaching I've seen a lot of people get discouraged really quickly when 01:04.920 --> 01:06.320 something doesn't work out. 01:06.450 --> 01:08.640 If you're unable to install my s. 01:08.700 --> 01:13.560 Well when you want to learn as well it might just send you in a different direction and you might end 01:13.560 --> 01:19.410 up learning another database like sequel light that doesn't require as much setup and that's easier 01:19.410 --> 01:20.280 to install. 01:20.550 --> 01:21.840 So we don't want that to happen. 01:21.990 --> 01:23.050 Nothing against sequel. 01:23.190 --> 01:25.320 This is not a course on sequel lite. 01:25.500 --> 01:30.810 So I just wanted to put that out there that keep in mind installing can be a pain but I'm going to do 01:30.810 --> 01:33.070 my best to try and make it painless. 01:33.300 --> 01:34.680 So we have three options. 01:36.140 --> 01:39.550 The first one for installation is to install it on a PC. 01:39.650 --> 01:44.750 So if you have a PC if you're a Windows user you can follow those instructions. 01:46.130 --> 01:49.860 The next option is you probably guessed is that you can install it on a Mac. 01:49.910 --> 01:53.440 So if you're following along using a Mac this should be a good choice for you. 01:53.780 --> 01:59.750 But there's also a third option which is to install it using a service called Cloud 9. 02:00.910 --> 02:04.340 So if you've taken my other course you may be familiar with Cloud 9. 02:04.600 --> 02:10.150 Basically an online interactive development environment in just a couple of videos or go into some more 02:10.150 --> 02:11.100 detail about it. 02:11.230 --> 02:18.100 And before we go any further I just want to highlight that installing using Cloud 9 is without a doubt 02:18.370 --> 02:20.630 the best and easiest way to get started. 02:20.800 --> 02:26.050 And it's what I recommend that you use which is why I spent so much time drawing this little box around 02:26.050 --> 02:28.060 it install on cloud nine. 02:28.360 --> 02:30.070 So why is that. 02:30.100 --> 02:32.290 Why do we recommend that you use cloud 9. 02:32.590 --> 02:34.350 There's a couple of reasons. 02:34.360 --> 02:37.390 The first is that it's what I'll be using in the course. 02:37.600 --> 02:42.970 So rather than doing everything on a Mac and confusing the Windows people are doing everything on a 02:42.970 --> 02:45.270 PC and confusing people on a Mac. 02:45.640 --> 02:51.370 I'm going to use cloud 9 which is something that anybody can use regardless of the type of machine that 02:51.370 --> 02:52.100 you own. 02:52.270 --> 02:57.330 How old it is how much RAM you have what operating system that doesn't matter. 02:57.340 --> 02:58.720 It levels the playing field. 02:58.870 --> 03:03.660 So because I'll be using it in the course I think it makes it a lot easier for you to follow along. 03:03.910 --> 03:08.680 Now if you're someone who's pretty confident as a developer of course feel free to install it however 03:08.680 --> 03:15.070 you like but I highly highly recommend that you use cloud 9 at least early on because you'll be able 03:15.070 --> 03:17.300 to follow along much much easier. 03:17.500 --> 03:23.320 And the second reason equally important is that it's way easier for you to get help if something goes 03:23.320 --> 03:23.970 wrong. 03:24.370 --> 03:28.930 If you're doing a project or an exercise and something doesn't seem to be working the way you expect 03:28.990 --> 03:35.530 or you hit a bug or you're just not sure what you did wrong you can easily share the link to your environment 03:35.770 --> 03:40.990 through cloud 9 and post that on our discussion boards and either me or one of the teams can help you 03:40.990 --> 03:41.780 out. 03:41.800 --> 03:47.050 So it's way easier for you to get help if you just working on your PC or Mac and you're trying to explain 03:47.050 --> 03:47.840 what's wrong. 03:48.010 --> 03:51.120 You're going to have to take some screenshots you have to upload them. 03:51.520 --> 03:56.560 You might have to copy and paste some stuff from a terminal but if you use cloud 9 and I'll show you 03:56.560 --> 04:02.230 this when we talk about cloud 9 in more depth you can just take the link of your workspace and share 04:02.230 --> 04:06.020 that and anyone will be able to look at your code and diagnose the problem. 04:06.550 --> 04:11.320 And the third reason they didn't write down and this is a really important one is that installation 04:11.350 --> 04:13.360 is basically painless. 04:13.600 --> 04:16.410 You have to sign up for an account and that's about the worst part. 04:16.570 --> 04:22.550 Once you're past that it's one command to get my 12 working which is pretty amazing. 04:22.990 --> 04:29.260 So with all of that said this is my recommendation or prescription for how you should go about this 04:29.260 --> 04:34.240 course use cloud 9 to follow along throughout the course. 04:34.270 --> 04:38.970 So everything that I do in cloud 9 you'll be able to replicate yourself in cloud 9. 04:39.490 --> 04:45.520 And then once we finish the course you can return back to the installation instructions and then install 04:45.520 --> 04:48.230 it on your Mac or your PC natively. 04:48.610 --> 04:50.380 So I'll talk about what that means. 04:50.380 --> 04:53.300 What's the difference between installing natively versus cloud 9. 04:53.440 --> 04:56.300 When we talk more about cloud 9 and just a little bit. 04:56.380 --> 04:57.780 So that's my recommendation. 04:57.880 --> 05:04.240 I highly highly recommend that you start with cloud 9 and then later on if you'd like move to working 05:04.240 --> 05:06.690 on your PC or your Mac. 05:06.700 --> 05:07.400 All right. 05:07.480 --> 05:10.030 So enough about that let's get down to business.