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-alphadirectory, and open VS Code withcode .
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Don’t know if the info is outdated or my reading comprehension is lacking or I skipped a tutorial somewhere, but here’s my solution to my problems in trying offline, if anyone else has issues.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.