In this lab we're going to use the power of LearnIDE to create a computer in the cloud. Whenever you reconnect to this lab, you're going to have all the data you left on it right there.

We're giving you this "cloud computer" so that you can focus on learning to build great web sites instead of downloading tools and learning tools. You know that feeling you get when you see what people can do with Photoshop. And then you open Photoshop and you realize you're going to need to read 5 books on Photoshop in order to do something cool. Yeah, we want the reverse of that feeling :)

Just by reading this lab in Learn, it was created for you! Awesome!

Let's prove it. In the Learn Terminal type:

date > remember_me.txt

This will put the current date and time into a file called remember_me.txt

Now. Close this tab! Close learn! Close everything! If you're feeling particularly daring feel free to reboot your local machine although that's not necessary! Then log back into Learn and return to this lesson.

Type cat remember_me.txt. You'll see the old date is still in there. That means that you can use this lab as a "virtual computer in the cloud." How cool is that?! We think it's very cool and hope you will too.

While you'll work through many labs and readmes in this course, you can always return to this lab and pick up where you left off. You can use this as a staging computer for your "Portfolio Projects" or for a personal website about yourself. We don't know where your creativity will lead you, but we're excited to see what you do!