VSCode has come a long way in making this easier for newcomers. The Remote repositories extension basically will open up a link in Github to generate the Person

VSCode has come a long way in making this easier for newcomers. The Remote repositories extension basically will open up a link in Github to generate the Personal Authentication token to associate with your VSCode app and that's it. https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/06/10/remote-repositories https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/06/10/remote-reposi... Combined with things like Codespaces, I can see a lot of intro classes glossing over some of what's happening under the hood. That said, I really do think that skills like learning how to use a terminal and work through the CLI are necessary for developers to grow. It's not so different from how woodworkers don't just learn how to use a chisel, but also how to sharpen and bevel the tool as well.