Week 1 – Project Management¶

Overview¶

The first week of FabAcademy 2026 focused on understanding project management, documentation practices, and version control using Git and GitLab. This week established the foundation for managing assignments, documenting work, and collaborating effectively throughout the course. The tools in my INK lab inspected by local instructor for readieness.

Activities Completed¶

Global Online Bootcamp by Fabacademy (Pro. Neil)¶

I followed the first online global bootcamp session held on January 21, 2026.
During this session, the FabAcademy structure, expectations, documentation standards, and project workflow were explained. I actively attended and participated in the global discussion.

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Global Online Bootcamp¶

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Local Instructor Online Session by Instructor Rico¶

I attended the local instructor-led online session on January 21, 2026.
The instructor provided guidance on: - FabAcademy weekly workflow
- Assignment submission process
- Documentation best practices
- GitLab usage and assessment criteria
- Currently availble equipment and active machines as well techs cheched by Rico (my instructor)
- Time management and lab handeling

Local Sesion¶

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Suply side time management¶

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Learning GitLab Platform¶

I followed the official FabAcademy instructions to learn the GitLab platform.
This included: - Accessing my personal FabAcademy repository
- Understanding repository structure
- Editing files using Markdown - Committing and pushing changes

Gitlabs leearning progress¶

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Tools Used¶

Current version of Visual Studio Code (VS Code) – documentation and editing
Git – version control
GitLab (FabCloud) – repository hosting
Markdown – documentation format
Installed Extensions – Markdown All in One for Markdown shortcuts & preview, Markdown Preview Enhanced for Better preview for FabAcademy pages, GitLens for Git history & tracking,Prettier for Clean formatting, Live Server forPreview HTML locally.

Practice and Implementation¶

I practiced the complete workflow by:
1. Cloning the FabAcademy repository locally (with my Instractor Rico)
2. Editing documentation files using VS Code and installed all the respective apps (mostly open sources)
3. Writing Markdown content for Week 1 (started)
4. Committing changes with meaningful messages (gitlab online, new for me)
5. Pushing updates to GitLab (VS code used to write locally, instructed)

Collection from trainin¶

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Reflection¶

This week helped me understand the importance of proper documentation (most be) and version control. Learning GitLab and Markdown will be essential for tracking progress and presenting work clearly throughout the FabAcademy program.