These instructions will guide you through configuring a GitHub Codespaces environment that you can use to run the course labs.

These steps must be completed prior to starting the actual labs.

• Create your own copy of this repository by forking the skillrepos/spaces project as a template into your own GitHub area.
• You do this by clicking the Fork button in the upper right portion of the main project page and following the steps to create a copy in your-github-userid/spaces .

1. In your forked repository, start a new codespace.

   • Click the Code button on your repository's landing page.
   • Click the Codespaces tab.
   • Click Create codespace on main to create the codespace.
   • After the codespace has initialized there will be a terminal present.

2. After the codespace has started, open the labs document by going to the file tree on the left, find the file named codespace-labs.md, right-click on it, and open it with the Open Preview option.)