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Author: stgm

hello/index.md

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 ## Dive into your development environment
 
+**Mac OS**
+
 Go to your Terminal. You should find that its "prompt" resembles the below.
 
     jharvard@somewhere ~ %
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 In your new file, type the C code for "Hello, World" as seen above. Save it once more.
 
+**Windows***
+
+Go to your Terminal. You should find that its "prompt" resembles the below.
+
+    jharvard@somewhere ~ %
+
+Click inside of that terminal window and then type (on Mac OS):
+
+    mkdir /mnt/c/Users/<Windows User Name>/Documents/Development
+
+followed by Enter in order to make a directory (i.e., folder) called `Development` inside of your Documents directory.
+
+Here on out, to execute (i.e., run) a command means to type it into a terminal window and then hit Enter. Commands are "case-sensitive," so be sure not to type in uppercase when you mean lowercase or vice versa.
+
+Now execute
+
+    cd /mnt/c/Users/<Windows User Name>/Documents/Development
+
+to move yourself into (i.e., open) that directory. Your prompt should now resemble the below.
+
+    Development %
+
+If not, retrace your steps and see if you can determine where you went wrong.
+
+Now, open Atom, point to the File menu and choose New. This will open a new editor with a blank "Untitled1" file in it. First thing to do is to give it a name and save it into your new directory. Press **CTRL-S** or **Cmd-S** to open the file dialog. For **Filename**, type `hello.c`. Then below, choose (click) the `Documents`, then the `Development` folder that you just created and click on **Save**.
+
+In your new file, type the C code for "Hello, World" as seen above. Save it once more.
+
 
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