Within the ["Infosite Howest Brugge (nl)"](https://leho-howest.instructure.com/courses/18111) or ["Infosite Howest Brugge (ENG)"](https://leho-howest.instructure.com/courses/18220) course on our learning management platform 'Leho', you'll find basic information about the wireless network, copying, printing, timetables, VPN connection etc.
Within the ["Infosite Howest Brugge (nl)"](https://leho-howest.instructure.com/courses/18111) or ["Infosite Howest Brugge (ENG)"](https://leho-howest.instructure.com/courses/18220) course on our learning management platform 'Leho', you'll find basic information about the wireless network, copying, printing, timetables, VPN connection etc.
# Office 365 Suite
# Office 365 Suite
When receiving a Howest-account you automatically have a **Microsoft Office 365-account** as wel as a **Google-account**.
When receiving a Howest-account you automatically have a **Microsoft Office 365-account** as wel as a **Google-account**.
To install the Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word, Excel) through your subscription you can follow the next steps:
To install the Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word, Excel) through your subscription you can follow the next steps:
- Go to [office.com](https://www.office.com) and login with your Howest email and password
- Go to [office.com](https://www.office.com) and login with your Howest email and password
- Once logged in you can use the **web-based** version of the Microsoft Applications.
- Once logged in you can use the **web-based** version of the Microsoft Applications.
- At the top right there is a button to install the desktop applications as well.
- At the top right there is a button to install the desktop applications as well.
- Make sure **Microsoft Teams** is installed as we will use this tool a lot!
- Make sure **Microsoft Teams** is installed as we will use this tool a lot!
- Follow the installation wizard.
- Follow the installation wizard.
When **Microsoft Teams** is installed (or within the web based app), join the correct Team:
When **Microsoft Teams** is installed (or within the web based app), join the correct Team:
* Go to the 'Teams' section in the left side bar
* Go to the 'Teams' section in the left side bar
* Click 'Join or create team' and use the code 'fzk27am' to join the student 23-24 TI Team!
* Click 'Join or create team' and use the code 'fzk27am' to join the student 23-24 TI Team!
# Browsers
# Academic Software
Howest offers software via [Academic Software](https://academicsoftware.eu). You can login with your Howest credentials and find useful software. This is optional and not necessary for the courses.
A **browser** is a piece of software that allows the user to "browse" (= access) files and data on the Internet (or other networks). We suggest having multiple browsers available on your computer. Go ahead and follow the installation wizard.
# Browsers
## Recommended (at least have these installed)
A **browser** is a piece of software that allows the user to "browse" (= access) files and data on the Internet (or other networks). We suggest having multiple browsers available on your computer. Go ahead and follow the installation wizard.
- Google Chrome - [Download](https://www.google.com/chrome/index.html)
- Mozilla Firefox - [Download](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)
## Recommended (at least have these installed)
- Microsoft Edge - [Download](https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/edge)
- Google Chrome - [Download](https://www.google.com/chrome/index.html)
# Editors
- Mozilla Firefox - [Download](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)
- Microsoft Edge - [Download](https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/edge)
An **editor** is a piece of software that allows the user to interact with **text** files. Word from the Office suite is used to create documents with markup and/or images and is **not** considered an editor. The most common example of a very basic editor (on Windows) is notepad. The following pieces of software have increased functionality. We suggest installing at least Visual Studio Code but if you are familiar with the other ones they will suffice for now as well. **You don't need to install all 3 of them. When in doubt pick Visual Studio Code and leave the other ones alone.**
# Editors
- Visual Studio Code - [Download](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
* Accept the agreement
An **editor** is a piece of software that allows the user to interact with **text** files. Word from the Office suite is used to create documents with markup and/or images and is **not** considered an editor. The most common example of a very basic editor (on Windows) is notepad. The following pieces of software have increased functionality. We suggest installing at least Visual Studio Code but if you are familiar with the other ones they will suffice for now as well. **You don't need to install all 3 of them. When in doubt pick Visual Studio Code and leave the other ones alone.**
* Choose installation location (default is ok in most of the cases)
* You can choose to create a Start Menu folder or not
- Visual Studio Code - [Download](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
* Go ahead and create a Desktop Icon if you want, it is also good to mark all boxes
* Accept the agreement
* Finish!
* Choose installation location (default is ok in most of the cases)
- Sublime Text - [Download](https://www.sublimetext.com/)
* You can choose to create a Start Menu folder or not
Go to https://www.jetbrains.com/shop/eform/students and fill in all the fields of the form:
## Jetbrains registration
- Use your **Howest-email!**
- Level of study: undergraduate
Go to https://www.jetbrains.com/shop/eform/students and fill in all the fields of the form:
- Graduation date (if prompted): choose september 2025
- Use your **Howest-email!**
You should receive a confirmation mail. You will need your account in future steps. For now you can continue with Git.
- Level of study: undergraduate
- Graduation date (if prompted): choose september 2025
# Git
You should receive a confirmation mail. You will need your account in future steps. For now you can continue with Git.
## Git itself
# Git
_(Make sure visual studio code is installed before this)_
## Git itself
**Git** is an extremely powerful piece of software that allows people to work together on code. The official terminology is a **distributed version control system**. We will use this extensively in a lot of different courses.
_(Make sure visual studio code is installed before this)_
Go to [Download](https://git-scm.com/) and download the installer for your operating system (windows/mac/linux). Follow the installation wizard. Choose the defaults unless otherwise specified:
**Git** is an extremely powerful piece of software that allows people to work together on code. The official terminology is a **distributed version control system**. We will use this extensively in a lot of different courses.
-**Select Components**: Go ahead and add **additional icons \> on the Desktop** if you want
- Choosing the default editor: Choose Visual Studio Code (unless you know what you are doing and you want something else)
Go to [Download](https://git-scm.com/) and download the installer for your operating system (windows/mac/linux). Follow the installation wizard. Choose the defaults unless otherwise specified:
- Leave all rest **default**
- Try running `Git Bash` by pressing the windows button and searching for it. A black window should open. Try typing `git`. The output should look like the image below. This is called a command prompt and **we will need it to run commands** (for example in the SSH keys section).
-**Select Components**: Go ahead and add **additional icons \> on the Desktop** if you want
- Choosing the default editor: Choose Visual Studio Code (unless you know what you are doing and you want something else)
### Icon when searching for it
- Leave all rest **default**
- Try running `Git Bash` by pressing the windows button and searching for it. A black window should open. Try typing `git`. The output should look like the image below. This is called a command prompt and **we will need it to run commands** (for example in the SSH keys section).
Go to [Python Downloads](https://www.python.org/downloads/) and download the latest version. Double check to add python to the path by making sure the box is checked.
Go to [Python Downloads](https://www.python.org/downloads/) and download the latest version. Double check to add python to the path by making sure the box is checked.
