Essential Unix Skills for Developers

Harness the powerful Unix command line within Linux, MacOS & other OSs to take your developer skills to the next level

Created by: Terry Martin
Software Developer / Architect

What Will I Learn?

• How to use the most common Unix tools and utilities
• Working with Unix shells
• Popular command-line editors like vi/vim & pico/nano
• Numerous commands & techniques for manipulating text files and text output
• Managing user accounts, adding/removing applications, working with processes
• Useful networking-related commands to help you troubleshoot your web apps/services & network tools
• Deploying apps to Linux servers as services & with Docker

Requirements

• Windows 10 (capable of running WSL2), MacOS or Unix-like OS (Linux/FreeBSD/etc.)
• Basic Computer Skills
• At least beginner-level programming skill is helpful but NOT necessary
• Strong desire/motivation to learn

Target audience

• People just starting out in modern software development
• Existing software developers who want to get more familiar with Unix/Linux/MacOS command line skills
• People who want a deeper understanding of modern development environments & tools like git, Docker, etc.