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Can’t access lesson
^I get up to here, it loads
^then get sent back here
I’ve enabled third party cookies, disabled Tracking Prevention, whitelisted just in case freecodecamp and CodeAlly, tried Edge, Chrome, and Firefox.
I was temped to try offline but the instructions start with:
Follow these steps to run the docker container and start a tutorial:
- Clone the RDB Alpha repo to your computer with
git clone https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/rdb-alpha
Do what where? Where am I inputting that? In the Docker?
^is this it?
These are very beginner hostile instructions.
Never had to use VSC or Docker up to this point in FCC yet I’m expected to know how to adjusts glasses
- Open a terminal, navigate to the
rdb-alpha directory, and open VS Code with code .
What terminal?!
Should I just skip to Back End Development and APIs or will I have trouble understanding instructions there, too?
Should I just take a break and wait for FCC to finish maintenances? As far as I’ve read on forums, it’s been going on since maybe April.
I’d rather not do anything offline if there’s no certification or project to upload to GitHub. I enjoy learning but I’d also like to improve my very thin portfolio.
Thanks
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Challenge Information:
Learn Bash Scripting by Building Five Programs - Build Five Programs
Clone the RDB Alpha repo to your computer with git clone https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/rdb-alpha
The Git Bash terminal, turns out.
Open a terminal, navigate to the rdb-alpha directory, and open VS Code with code .
I opened the folder from VSCode directly and that seems to work. Don’t know if it wanted me to do it from Git Bash, but it didn’t tell me how to anyway.
Dev Containers: Rebuild and Reopen in Container
^had to input that in VSCode (with Docker open in the background)
After that, I made an empty folder for the new project, installed the CodeRoad Extension (which wasn’t mentioned) and things seem to work fine.
I didn’t intend to sound passive aggressive, I’m just a bit frustrated by encountering two consecutive walls.
Don’t know if the info is outdated or my reading comprehension is lacking or I skipped a tutorial somewhere, but here’s my solution to my problems in trying offline, if anyone else has issues.
Still can’t access the online stuff.
Big thanks to you sergiugeorgepop! I’m having the same problem with the online course. I will be trying on offline mode and I will follow your steps! Thanks!
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I followed the exact same path with you except that the command “Dev Containers: Rebuild and Reopen in Container” doesn’t exist for me ARGH!!!
Did you open the folder you downloaded first?
File → Open Folder
Navigate to the “rdb-alpha” folder, click Open, wait a little and it should look like the image.
Don’t click the top bar to find “Dev Containers […]” but press Ctrl+P
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Hi, I am very much a novice to all of this, so I spent hours struggling to get things set-up. I finally managed to get the Bash Scripting tutorial, despite having no idea how to actually operate VSCode.
…but now when I call the second lesson via a URL I get an endless “loading tutorial summary”. Is anyone able to move on to the second lesson?
I’m honestly suprised there aren’t more questions about this whole set-up, seems very technical when I am just trying to learn 
I didn’t have that issue, but I did have other issues and eventually it worked.
Try rebuilding the container without cache. That’s been the thing that seems to have consistently worked for me.
@sergiugeorgepop does that mean I have to clear the cache? Do you mind explaining how to do so? Much, much apperciated! Thank you
It’s one of the options that pop up when you type “dev container”
If a tutorial already worked for you, maybe just try restarting your pc, open docker, open VSCode, open the rdb folder from there, “Dev Containers: Rebuild and Reopen in Container”, wait until it opens, then wait again a few seconds for good measure, ctrl+shift+p, coderoad run, start a new tutorial, insert the url again, and wait and see.
If your VSCode turns blue like the fcc website, you’re good.
Lemme know if that worked, thanks.
