Practical Fundamentals

The AI Agents course moves fast on the assumption that a terminal, a Python environment, and git aren't things you have to think about, they're just there, working, while you focus on the agent itself. If that assumption doesn't hold for you yet, this is the course that makes it hold. It's not a computer science degree in miniature; it's the specific, practical slice of Linux, Python, and tooling that everything else in this portal is built on top of.

Nothing here is ordered into days, read what you're missing, skip what you already know, and come back when something in the main course assumes a piece of this you don't have yet.

What's here

• Setting Up Your AI Toolkit , installing Python, Node, Postgres, and Docker, the baseline for everything else in this portal.
• Linux & the Terminal and Finding Your Way Around Linux , the shell commands and file-system habits you'll use every single day.
• Python Environments and Python Package Managers , keeping project dependencies from colliding with each other.
• Git & Version Control , the handful of git commands that cover almost everything you'll actually need.
• PostgreSQL Basics and Docker & Local Services , running a real database and containerized services on your own machine.
• Shell & Workspace Performance , a faster, less annoying terminal setup once the basics are comfortable.

Comfortable with all of this already? Skip straight to AI Agents & Vibe Coding , that's where the real building starts.