HW: For Thursday, November 20th: You can either
* take a screenshot of your Blender interface where you have replicated the green screen based node canvas from last week (See last blog post for screenshot of suggested setup, for in-depth video tutorial see THIS LINK)
* or you can take a screenshot of a terminal screen in which you can show the Ruby version you have installed, show that Git is installed, and show that you can install the middleman gem.
For those of you with Windows computers that want to try some of the class demos that are Mac/Linux specific, I suggest installing Ubuntu Linux on a thumb drive. The following link and video will help you accomplish this:
That said, I’m not sure how capable Linux will be if you only run it from the flash drive. I know many of you will not be interested in using Linux after this class is over, so unless you just really enjoy it, just try using it off the flash drive (Don’t partition hard-drive space on your computer). If any of you do try this, I will be interested to hear if it was simple for you to accomplish or if you run into any problems.
As far as our in class demo of Git, Ruby, and Middleman for static site deployment, here are some resources worth checking out:
Installing Git: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git/
Installing Ruby: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/
Installing Middleman: http://middlemanapp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aTOxzJLzB4
I know this demo is particularly challenging, and remember you are free to choose the other homework option (Recreating this screenshot). I just want to give those of you interested in free hosting of your website some resources to experiment with and explore.
