Assignments Set-Up

This page details how to prepare for working on the assignments.

The Assignments Repository

There is a git repository that contains the assets you need to perform the assignments.

This website contains a download link for the repository.

If You Received a URL

Start by cloning the repository from the URL that was shared with you.

$ git clone <url>

If You Received a `.zip` or `.tar.gz` File

If the repository was shared with you as an archived file (a .zip or .tar.gz file), you can extract the file to a directory on your computer first and clone from that directory, by using a URL that starts with file://, followed by the path to the directory. For example on Windows:

$ git clone file:///C:/dev/extracted-repository

On a Unix based system, you might use:

$ git clone file:///home/me/dev/extracted-repository

Repository Structure

The repository contains a set of tagged commits, which can be used to jump forwards and backwards as you progress. Take a look at the available tags.

$ git tag

The idea is that to start working on an assignment, you checkout the assignment-x-start tag to update your workspace to the correct state. Afterwards, you can checkout the assignment-x-end tag to see the solution. Each assignment describes which tags you need, so you don’t need to remember them.

Postman / JetBrains IDEs Request Collections

During some of the assignments, you will be provided with commands that perform requests towards the process engine. The commands in the instructions use curl to perform the requests.

If you’re more familiar with either Postman or HTTP Requests in one of the JetBrains IDEs and would like to use those instead, collections for the various assignments are available.

That’s all for the set up. Let’s get started!