It steps through installing git, Java, Kick Assembler, and Visual Studio Code. Beyond that, it even explains how to use these tools in partnership with VICE – the Versatile Commodore Emulator.

Learn how to add a GitHub repository to VS Code as well as how to install a handy extension to manage pull requests and issues.

Another is that they didn't have to learn how to use git commands. The downside is innumerable regressions as emailed commits overwrote previous code without a merge/diff/conflict process.