Text editor, software you can download and install on your computer or access through web browser. Allows you to write and manage text you write. A great feature of text editing software is code completion which allows you to start typing and will display possible suggestions. Terminal/ command line shows up with a prompt where you type a command. A relative path is relative to where you currently are in the file system. Absolute path is a file or directory location in relation to the root of the file system. Linux is caase sentive so pay attention to typos
Code completion, syntax highlighting, a nice variety of themes (reduces eye strain and fatigue), and can choose from a healthy selection of extensions available when you need them.
Pwd - Print working directory, tells you where your current or present working directory is.
Ls - List, is to know where you are, make a plain listing of your current location
Cd - Change directory, how you move around the system of preference weather that be terminal, vscode, etc.
Mkdir - make directory, create/make a new directory
Touch - create, change, and modify timestamps on a file
First you will change directory to projects, create a new directory titled new-project, then you will change/modify the title with new-project/newfile.md. You will again change directory, this time returning home/where you started. Lastly, you will bring up the list for projects/new-project and it should bring up a markdown file named newfile.md