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Journal Entry 1

What were some things you learned in the module? In the past I relied on bash scripting to automate actions such as downloading files, installing dependencies, cleaning the repository, etc. Using a Makefile seems much cleaner since there are not a bunch of logical statements and extra syntax to just check for a file and run a process if it doesn't exist. I also learned that removing a file using rm <path/to/file> || true is a better way to delete files since it will not haunt execution if the file is not found.

What do you think were the most important concepts? Being able to SSH into an instance is an important concept. In this module, I connected to an AWS Linux terminal via Windows OpenSSH with a .pem format cert. That way seemed more streamlined than the suggested method for Windows using putty.

What was challenging for you? How can you learn it better? The directions were very clear so I don't think the assignment was challenging. I did have to go back and add the || true piece to the rm command. I probably should have tested the make file more before my first commit.

Which parts did you enjoy? I enjoyed this entire assignment from being able to SSH into the instance to writing the make file. These are useful skills I will use often.