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The Learn IDE

You'll be using the Learn IDE to complete the coding labs in your courses. You'll be spending a lot of time with the IDE so let's take a few minutes to see how it works.

Download the Learn IDE

First, we need to get set up with the Learn IDE. Follow the instructions below:

  1. Click here to create a Learn account and Download the Learn IDE
  2. The Chrome browser may give you a warning upon downloading: "This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Learn IDE anyway?" Click "Keep" to continue the download; the Learn IDE is safe.
  3. Install the Learn IDE on your computer and then start it up
  4. Log in to the Learn IDE with your newly created Learn account

If you have any trouble getting the Learn IDE installed, just use the Ask a Question button on this page and someone will jump in to help you ASAP.

About the Learn IDE

The Learn IDE is built on top of Atom, the text editor by the amazing people at GitHub. The Learn IDE uses the same open-source technologies that thousands of professional developers use everyday, so when you're using the Learn IDE, you're using the same real tools that developers use.

When you open the Learn IDE, you'll see three main components: the file browser, the text editor and the terminal. Let's talk about each of those.

Down the left side of the IDE, you'll find a file browser which lists the files and folders in your “code” workspace. Contained in your “code” workspace is a “labs” folder—this is the folder into which all of the code labs and projects you'll be working on will appear. New folders will be automatically copied here for you as you work through lessons on Learn . Clicking on a file in the file browser will load the contents of that file into the text editor window.

The text editor window is the central part of the IDE. This is where you'll actually be writing code. You can work on multiple files at once in the text editor, they'll appear as tabs across the top of your screen. Remember to save your work often—especially just before trying to run a program, so that the interpreter is always running the latest version of your code.

The Learn IDE's terminal—your command line and shell—can be found below the text editor. We want you to start coding as quickly as possible in the Learn IDE so we've pre-configured the terminal here with a complete development environment that has everything you need to get started. The magic that makes this possible is the fact that the Learn IDE's terminal is connected over the Internet to a remote server we've set up with that complete development environment. This will allow you to adopt the workflow of a professional software developer right out of the gates on Learn, with no fuss.

Don't Forget to Download the Learn IDE

Didn't follow the instructions the first time above? No problem. Here they are again for you below.

  1. Click here to create a Learn account and Download the Learn IDE
  2. The Chrome browser may give you a warning upon downloading, "This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Learn IDE anyway?". Click "Keep" to continue the download, the Learn IDE is safe.
  3. Install the Learn IDE on your computer and then start it up
  4. Log in to the Learn IDE with your newly created Learn account

Continue to Your First Lab!

Next up, we'll walk you through the process of how to use the Learn IDE to solve code labs on Learn. The real fun is about to begin!

View The Learn IDE on Learn.co and start learning to code for free.

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Downloading IDE

I haven't been able to successfully download the IDE on the chrome or the firefox browser. It starts to download, and just when it is 70% done downloading, I get teh notification saying that the downloading failed. What should I do? I have a Windows 10 on Surface Pro 4

First Assignment Lab Problem

Hi! I have downloaded IDE successfully but am having trouble running the lab's tests with the 'learn' CLI command.

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