What is missing-semester?

This repo contains the source code for "The Missing Semester of Your CS Education," a free online course from MIT that teaches practical computing skills that most computer science programs skip over. Think of it as the stuff you wish someone had told you before you started your first coding job or project, how to use the command line efficiently, manage your files with version control, automate repetitive tasks, and generally feel comfortable in a developer's environment. The repository itself is the website. It's built with Jekyll, a tool that turns text files into a polished website. If you wanted to run it on your own computer, you'd type a single command and then open your browser to see the site. You can also run it inside a Docker container, which is essentially a self-contained package that includes everything needed to run the site without you having to install any prerequisites yourself. The audience is broad: college students learning to code, self-taught programmers who feel like they missed some fundamentals, career-switchers moving into tech, or even experienced developers who never formally learned tools like shell scripting or Git. For example, if you've ever struggled to navigate your computer's terminal, or you're confused by version control, or you spend hours doing something manually that feels like it should be automatable, this course is aimed at you. The content is openly licensed under Creative Commons, meaning anyone can freely use, adapt, and share it for non-commercial purposes. The maintainers actively welcome contributions, so if you spot a typo or have an idea for a new topic, you can suggest changes directly. The course is also designed to be translatable, which is why you'll find translated versions maintained by community members.