Getting Started

This page contains instructions for downloading the Happy Coding repo and deploying it to a local server for the first time.

Step 1: Install git (GitHub Desktop is fine!)

Step 2: Clone the Happy Coding repo: https://github.com/KevinWorkman/HappyCoding

Step 3: Install Jekyll: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/

Step 4: Run the following commands to install dependencies that Happy Coding uses:

gem install jekyll-feed
gem install jekyll-redirect-from
gem install jekyll-sitemap
gem install jemoji
gem install webrick
gem install wdm

Step 5: Open a command line to the HappyCoding directory, and run the local server:

jekyll serve

Step 6: Visit localhost:4000 in your browser.

After this initial setup, you can run jekyll serve to run the local server.