42 School Berlin Projects

Introduction

This repository contains all my projects from 42 Berlin School, along with some additional resources that might assist you on your journey.

All projects are included as git submodules. If you want to have them all, just clone this repository and run:

git submodule update --init --recursive
git submodule foreach 'git checkout main'
git submodule foreach 'git pull origin main'

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. My intra username is jmigoya-.

Set Your Editor

Using neovim

Although VS Code is available on campus, exams require you to use either vim or gedit. Therefore, it is a good idea to become familiar with vim. It might take some time to get used to, but it is definitely worth it in the long run.

For those who still want a modern IDE experience, there are many plugins and also neovim to help you achieve that.

Installing neovim

You need to have neovim installed on your computer. If your campus does not provide it, you can install it without sudo privileges by using an AppImage, as detailed here:

curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim.appimage
chmod u+x nvim.appimage
./nvim.appimage
mkdir -p /opt/nvim
mv nvim.appimage /opt/nvim/nvim

Add the path to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

export PATH="$PATH:/opt/nvim/"

Configuring neovim

By default, neovim will look for your configuration at ~/.config/nvim. Here, I provide my neovim configuration, which you can install by running:

cd ~/.config
git clone https://github.com/migmanu/nvim_42 nvim

Now run nvim and watch as Lazy installs the listed plugins.

My configuration uses LazyVim and is heavily based on the starter template.

Here, you have more than you need to get started. Some of the helpful commands available are:

• space as the leader key
• Run :Stdheader to get the 42 header on a file
• leader + e to open the files menu
• leader ff for file search
• leader + sg to search by grep
• Run :CopilotChat to use Copilot
• Run :CopilotChatSocrates for a custom prompt that helps you solve problems through the Socratic method

One of the best quality-of-life plugins installed is harpoon. I strongly recommend checking it out. Between that and file search, you might never open the file explorer again!

Note that this configuration is a work in progress and may still change significantly.