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HomeProgrammingNon-Robot Programming2026-2027 TrainingModule 2: Git & FlutterLesson 1

Lesson 1

🎯 Goal

Get the real FEDS scouting app running in your browser, then find your Training Page inside it.

Rules for Module 2: you learn by doing. Each lesson is a list of tasks. Do them in order. Every task has a ✅ checkpoint, so you always know if it worked.

Tools you’re installing: Git saves your work. Android Studio is where you write code. Flutter turns our Dart code into an app (Dart comes inside it).

Task 1: Install Git

  • Windows: download from git-scm.com  and use the default options.
  • Mac: open Terminal and run git --version. If Git isn’t installed, macOS offers to install the Command Line Tools. Click Install.

✅ Checkpoint: this prints a version number:

git --version

Task 2: Install Android Studio

  1. Download it from developer.android.com/studio  and install it.
  2. Open it. In the setup wizard choose Standard, accept the licenses, and wait for the downloads ☕

Task 3: Add the Flutter plugin

  1. Open Plugins:
    • Windows: File → Settings → Plugins
    • Mac: Android Studio → Settings → Plugins (Cmd + ,)
  2. In the Marketplace tab, search Flutter and click Install. Say Yes to also install Dart.
  3. Click Restart IDE.

Task 4: Install the Flutter SDK

  1. Go to docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install , pick your OS, and choose Android.
  2. Download the SDK and unzip it to a simple folder with no spaces:
    • Windows: C:\dev\flutter
    • Mac: ~/dev/flutter
  3. Add Flutter to your PATH so the terminal can find it:
    • Windows: Start menu → Edit environment variables for your account → select Path → Edit → New → C:\dev\flutter\bin
    • Mac: run this in Terminal: echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/dev/flutter/bin"' >> ~/.zshrc

If the official page disagrees with this lesson, the official page wins. Tell David so we can fix the lesson.

✅ Checkpoint: open a new terminal. This prints a version number:

flutter --version

Our app needs Flutter 3.22 or newer (it requires Dart 3.4.3+). The latest stable download is fine.

Then run flutter doctor. You’ll paste its output at the end of this lesson.

Task 5: Get the real code

The team keeps many projects in one repo called feds-central. The scouting app is the scouting/android folder inside it. In a terminal:

git clone https://github.com/feds201/feds-central.git
cd feds-central
git checkout nonRobot-module-2

The nonRobot-module-2 branch has your Training Page already in it. (What’s a branch? That’s Lesson 3.)

✅ Checkpoint: run git branch. The line with * says nonRobot-module-2.

Task 6: Open and run the app

  1. Android Studio → File → Open → choose feds-central/scouting/android (only this folder!). Click Trust Project.
  2. When a banner offers Pub get, click it. (Or run flutter pub get in the terminal.)
  3. Find the run button at the top and run your code on either Chrome or Edge!

The first build is slow (several minutes). Go get water.

✅ Checkpoint: the FEDS scouting app opens on your selected browser.

Task 7: Find your page

  1. Tap each of the buttons on the home screen. Write down the names of all the buttons you see.
  2. Find the orange Training button and tap it.

✅ Checkpoint: a page titled Training Page says Hello, FEDS! This is the page you’ll build in this module.

If something goes wrong

  • flutter is not recognized: your PATH is wrong, or you didn’t open a new terminal. Redo Task 4, step 3.
  • Build errors: check your internet, and run again. Same error twice? Copy the text and ask.

To complete this lesson

Paste into this lesson’s tab in your training doc (text, no screenshots):

  1. The output of flutter doctor
  2. The names of all the buttons on the home screen
  3. The result of git branch
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