Java Collections Lab Setup

Setup

Open your Terminal application and navigate to your ~/code/ga/labs directory.

cd ~/code/ga/labs

Clone the Java Collections Lab starter code repository with this command:

git clone https://git.generalassemb.ly/modular-curriculum-all-courses/java-collections-lab-starter.git java-collections-lab

💡 The java-collections-lab at the end of this command will place the contents of the java-collections-lab-starter repo into a directory named java-collections-lab.

Next, cd into the newly created directory:

cd java-collections-lab

You don’t want GA commits on your work, so remove the existing Git information from this starter code:

rm -rf .git

To get this work to GitHub, initialize a new Git repository:

git init
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"

Make a new repository on your personal GitHub account named java-collections-lab.

Link your local work to your remote GitHub repo:

git remote add origin https://github.com/<github-username>/java-collections-lab.git
git push origin main

🚨 Do not copy the above command. It will not work. Your GitHub username will replace <github-username> (including the < and >) in the URL above.

Open IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition and open the project by selecting the Open option on the launch screen.

Next, navigate to the java-collections-lab directory you just created and open the project.

Trust the project if you are prompted.

Running the Tests

This lab includes a set of tests to help you verify your work. To run the tests, right-click on the src/test/java directory and select Run ‘All Tests’.