Getting started before Chapter 1

The book has an accompanying GitHub repository that contains all of the walk-throughs already implemented in a series of commits. You should clone this to your local development machine as you'll be working within it.

1. If you have a GitHub account, I suggest you fork the repo so that you can push your work to keep a copy safe. Use the Fork button in the top-right hand corner of the GitHub page to do this.
   
   The repository is located at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-React-Test-Driven-Development.
   
   
2. Once forked, you can then clone this locally by going to a terminal window and typing the following command, replacing <username> with your GitHub username:

git clone git@github.com:<username>/Mastering-React-Test-Driven-Development.git

1. You may wish to rename the directory to something shorter. On my machine, I've used the name react-tdd.
2. Change into this directory using the cd command.
3. Issue the command git checkout tags/starting-point.
4. Finally, issue the command git checkout -b starting-point-mine to create your own branch from this point.

You're now ready to begin Chapter 1. If the last two commands didn't make any sense, don't panic: I'll explain about tags and branches now.