Keyboard Shortcuts

Introduction

As a coder, you'll be doing A LOT of typing! So learning some keyboard shortcuts will make you a more efficient programmer. In this lesson we learn the following shortcuts (among others):

• CTRL + a
• CTRL + e
• OPTION + click
• CTRL + u
• CTRL + k
• TAB
• history
• CTRL + r
• CTRL + l
• CMD + k

  Important!

  Note that for Windows Git Bash users, there is no equivalent for the OPTION + click shortcut. Also, the drag and drop technique for changing directories will not work. And to clear the scrollback on Git Bash, use the command clear instead of CMD +k.

Exercises

There are no exercises for this lesson. Be sure to use these shortcuts whenever possible as you move on to future modules and units.

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