Installation and Setup, Complete Resource Pack

Everything from this section, gathered.

Commands

Install & Verify Command Sheet
Every install command for Mac, Windows and Linux, plus the five common errors and the exact fix for each. This is the page to bookmark.

Before you start

What You Need Before You Install
The two commands that check your machine, and the links for anything missing.

Warp Setup, Download and First Run
The terminal used throughout the course, its first-run choices, and why the project folder you pick matters more than tidiness.

If the standard path does not work

Installing on a Locked Down Work Mac
Three routes through corporate restrictions.

Claude Code on Ubuntu Linux, The Curated Walkthrough
A full Linux install on real hardware, with the three failure points flagged.

Before you spend anything

Choosing Your Plan, Pricing and Billing
Live pricing, the two ways to buy, and the one habit that saves more money than picking the right plan.

Prompts

Your First Session Prompt
Your first build on your own machine.

Your Own Hello World, Three Builds
The same loop, in your own words.

Hand The Error Back
The debugging reflex that compounds with every problem you meet from here.

What is true by the end of this section

Claude Code is installed and authenticated on your machine. A plan is picked. A small project you described in plain English exists in your project folder. And a /usage reading tells you exactly what that first build cost.

You started with a blank terminal. You finish with a debugging reflex that keeps paying off.

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