For a client to get started using IBM Cloud Tutorials, which two items are considered must-have tools to be productive with IBM Cloud?

To effectively follow IBM Cloud Tutorials, a user needs tools to interact with the cloud platform and to obtain the necessary source code. The IBM Cloud Command Line Interface (CLI) is the primary tool for managing IBM Cloud resources, services, and applications from a terminal, a fundamental task in most tutorials. Git is the de facto standard for version control and is essential for cloning the starter application code and assets provided in repositories (like GitHub) for nearly all hands-on tutorials.

A. VMware is a specific virtualization solution available on IBM Cloud, not a general-purpose tool required to start with most tutorials.
B. Red Hat OpenShift is a specific container platform service on IBM Cloud; many tutorials do not involve OpenShift and use other services instead.
E. A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a networking resource created within IBM Cloud, not a client-side tool a user must have to begin a tutorial.

1. IBM Cloud Documentation, "Setting up the CLI and developer tools": This official guide explicitly states, "To get started with developing apps in IBM Cloud, set up your command-line interface (CLI)..." It then provides installation instructions for the ibmcloud CLI as the foundational step. The same section often guides users on logging in via the CLI to begin work.

Source: IBM Cloud Docs, "Setting up the CLI and developer tools". (A search for this title on the official IBM Cloud documentation website will lead to the relevant page).

2. IBM Cloud Solution Tutorials: The "Before you begin" section of virtually all solution tutorials lists the required tools. For example, the "Deploy a scalable web application on Kubernetes" tutorial explicitly lists "IBM Cloud CLI" and "Git" as prerequisites. This pattern is consistent across tutorials for different services.

Source: IBM Cloud Docs, Solution Tutorial: "Deploy a scalable web application on Kubernetes", Section: "Before you begin".

3. IBM Cloud Documentation, "Getting started with IBM Cloud": The introductory guides for developers consistently direct them to two initial actions: creating an account and setting up their local environment, which includes installing the IBM Cloud CLI to interact with the platform and using Git to access code.

Source: IBM Cloud Docs, "Getting started" section. (The general "Getting started" path for developers highlights CLI setup).