Garmin Watch Face Development

Overview: This post is a summary of the information I found to develop a simple Garmin Connect IQ watch face that displays content in a JSON format. Watch face content formatted as a JSON document. Source Code Developer Setup: You need these installed before installing the Garmin Connect IQ SDK. Java SDK Visual Studio Code Follow the instructions here: https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/connect-iq-basics/getting-started/ to install the Connect IQ SDK, the Visual Studio Code Monkey C extension and generating a developer key.

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Using stow to Backup Dotfiles

Backing up dotfiles with stow How to start using GNU Stow to make backups of your configuration files (dotfiles) and use git to version them and backup on a remote repo. Setting up stow Follow your package manager’s instructions for installing stow if you don’t have it installed already. Create a folder in your home directory. I’m naming mine .dotfiles and all examples here will use that naming. You can pick whatever you want.

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Markdown Quick Reference

Links: Example for the link to my homepage: [the link to my homepage](https://www.jamesrdevries.com/) Captions: Include image text and a caption block beneath: ![Image alt text](example.png "Caption text beneath") Caption text beneath Tables: Formatting can even be done within tables: | Italics | Bold | Code | Links | | -------- | -------- | ------ | ------- | | *italics* | **bold** | `code` | [Link](https://www.jamesrdevries.com/) | Italics Bold Code Links italics bold code Link Code Blocks: Enclose in 3 ticks ``` and specify the language type on the first line of ticks like this:

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