Week 1 - Session 1 - Getting Set Up

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To get started it is recommended to have access to a laptop with a screen size of at least 13 inches, and with 4GB RAM, running either Mac OSX or Ubuntu. If you are a Windows user, then please install Ubuntu alongside Windows, as it's more developer friendly.

 We're going to need to get a few things set up now to save us time in future sessions.
Prior to this session, you should have completed an introduction to JavaScript.
Introduction to JavaScript on Codecademy - https://www.codecademy.com/learn/introduction-to-javascript

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