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"Pair Programming is where two people code together on the same computer. It is an efficient way to collaborate, and widely practiced at software companies. Pair Programming is one of the core concepts of \"Agile\" Software Development, which you will hear more about later.",
"Many people use Skype or Google Hangouts to pair program, but if you talk with professional software engineers, they will tell you that it's not really pair programming unless both people have the ability to use the keyboard and mouse.",
"The most popular tool for pair programming is Screen Hero. You can download Screen Hero for <a href='http://links.screenhero.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1qQTNNem9XQkNJQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVZrVEdnRkxNamtfX0JWZEdGVEpSZkVCWlRwbFpXRTBNamM0WVMxaE56SmlMVEV4WlRRdE9HUXpZUzFpWXpVNE1HRTJNalkxTldNNk1UUTJNVEEyQUE9PSIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjowLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cDovL2RsLnNjcmVlbmhlcm8uY29tL3NtYXJ0ZG93bmxvYWQvZklYQU1UUUJBTEtQQkhQTC9TY3JlZW5oZXJvLnppcD9zb3VyY2U9d2ViIn0=' target='_blank'>Mac</a> or <a href='http://links.screenhero.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1qQTNNem9XQkNJQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVZrVEdnRkxNamtfX0JWZEdGVEpSZkVCWlRwbFpXRTBNamM0WVMxaE56SmlMVEV4WlRRdE9HUXpZUzFpWXpVNE1HRTJNalkxTldNNk1UUTJNVEEyQUE9PSIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjoxLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cDovL2RsLnNjcmVlbmhlcm8uY29tL3NtYXJ0ZG93bmxvYWQvZklYQU1UUUJBTEtQQkhQTC9TY3JlZW5oZXJvLXNldHVwLmV4ZSJ9' target='_blank'>Windows</a>. Create your new user account from within the app.",
"We have a special chat room for people ready to pair program. Go to our Slack chatroom and navigate to the # letspair channel and type \"Hello Pair Programmers!\"",
"We have a special chat room for people ready to pair program. Go to our Slack chatroom and navigate to the #letspair channel and type \"Hello Pair Programmers!\"",
"If someone is available, they will be your \"pair\" - the person you pair programming with.",
"If no one gets back to you in the first few minutes, don't worry. There will be lots of opportunities to pair program in the future.",
"If someone does get back to you, private message them and ask for the email address they used to register Screen Hero.",

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" <ul>",
" <li class=\"landing-p\">&#8226 JavaScript - the one programming language that all web browsers use</li>",
" <li class=\"landing-p\">&#8226 Algorithms - step-by-step recipes for getting things done</li>",
" <li class=\"landing-p\">&#8226 Automated Testing - write tests to test the limits of your code</li>",
" </ul>",
" </p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\">Finally you'll learn Agile Methodologies and Full Stack JavaScript to build projects for nonprofits:",
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"_id": "bd7158d9c436eddfaeb5bdef",
"name": "If Free Code Camp is free, how does it make money?",
"description": [
"<div class=\"text-left col-xs-12 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1\">",
" <p class=\"landing-p\"> We are completely free for both students and for nonprofits.</p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\">Our name is Free Code Camp. We are a free code camp. If you had to pay us (or sign over future earnings), we'd have to change our name. And we are not going to do that.</p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\"> We don't make any money at all. Everyone working on our community and our open source projects is a volunteer.</p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\"> We plan to eventually cover our operational costs by earning job placement bonuses from companies who hire our graduates. Note that we will not actually garnish any wages from our graduates - employers are already paying recruiters thousands of dollars to find successful candidates. Employers will simply pay the recruitment bonus to Free Code Camp instead of paying a recruiter.</p>",
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{
"_id": "bd7158d9c435eddfaeb5bdef",
"name": "Does Free Code Camp have an application process?",
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"<div class=\"text-left col-xs-12 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1\">",
" <p class=\"landing-p\">Unlike coding bootcamps, anyone can study at Free Code Camp. We're not going to tell you that you can't become a software engineer. We believe the only person who should be able to tell you that is you.</p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\">If you persevere, and keep working through our challenges and nonprofit projects, you will become an employable software engineer.</p>",
"</div>"
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"name": "Can I jump around in this Field Guide?",
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"<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1\">",
"<h3>This Field Guide was designed as a reference for you. You shouldn't try to read it all today.</h3>",
"<h3>Feel free to come back any time and jump around, reading any articles that seem interesting to you at the time.</h3>",
"<h3>If you're currently doing our \"Browse our Field Guide\" Waypoint, go ahead and mark that challenge complete and move on to your next Waypoint.</h3>",
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"_id": "bd7158d9c436eddfaeb5bdef",
"name": "If Free Code Camp is free, how does it make money?",
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"<div class=\"text-left col-xs-12 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1\">",
" <p class=\"landing-p\"> We are completely free for both students and for nonprofits.</p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\">Our name is Free Code Camp. We are a free code camp. If you had to pay us (or sign over future earnings), we'd have to change our name. And we are not going to do that.</p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\"> We don't make any money at all. Everyone working on our community and our open source projects is a volunteer.</p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\"> We plan to eventually cover our operational costs by earning job placement bonuses from companies who hire our graduates. Note that we will not actually garnish any wages from our graduates - employers are already paying recruiters thousands of dollars to find successful candidates. Employers will simply pay the recruitment bonus to Free Code Camp instead of paying a recruiter.</p>",
"</div>"
]
},
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"_id": "bd7158d9c435eddfaeb5bdef",
"name": "Does Free Code Camp have an application process?",
"description": [
"<div class=\"text-left col-xs-12 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1\">",
" <p class=\"landing-p\">Unlike coding bootcamps, anyone can study at Free Code Camp. We're not going to tell you that you can't become a software engineer. We believe the only person who should be able to tell you that is you.</p>",
" <p class=\"landing-p\">If you persevere, and keep working through our challenges and nonprofit projects, you will become an employable software engineer.</p>",
"</div>"
]
},
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"_id": "bd7158d9c442eddfaeb5bdef",
"name": "Global Control Shortcuts for Mac",
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"<div class='text-center'>",
"<h2><a href=\"http://links.screenhero.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1qQTNNem9XQkNJQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVZrVEdnRkxNamtfX0JWZEdGVEpSZkVCWlRwbFpXRTBNamM0WVMxaE56SmlMVEV4WlRRdE9HUXpZUzFpWXpVNE1HRTJNalkxTldNNk1UUTJNVEEyQUE9PSIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjowLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cDovL2RsLnNjcmVlbmhlcm8uY29tL3NtYXJ0ZG93bmxvYWQvZklYQU1UUUJBTEtQQkhQTC9TY3JlZW5oZXJvLnppcD9zb3VyY2U9d2ViIn0=\">Download for Mac</a></h2>",
"<h2><a href=\"http://links.screenhero.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6Ik1qQTNNem9XQkNJQ1pBQUNjd0FYQVZrVEdnRkxNamtfX0JWZEdGVEpSZkVCWlRwbFpXRTBNamM0WVMxaE56SmlMVEV4WlRRdE9HUXpZUzFpWXpVNE1HRTJNalkxTldNNk1UUTJNVEEyQUE9PSIsInBvc2l0aW9uIjoxLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cDovL2RsLnNjcmVlbmhlcm8uY29tL3NtYXJ0ZG93bmxvYWQvZklYQU1UUUJBTEtQQkhQTC9TY3JlZW5oZXJvLXNldHVwLmV4ZSJ9\"> Download for Windows</a></h2>",
"<p>You can learn more about using Screen Hero by taking &thinsp;<a href=\"http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/34\">Challenge 34.</a></p>",
"<p>Screen Hero was recently acquired by a collaboration tool called Slack.</p>",
"It's still available and free, but will go away in the indefinite future. We'll replace it.</p>",
"<h2>You'll use Screen Hero in <a href='/challenges/pair-program-on-bonfires'>http://freecodecamp.com/challenges/pair-program-on-bonfires</a></h2>",
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