resources

languages

(installed on jupyter.bennington)

• python
• javascript (spelled "node" in a unix terminal)
• C
• ruby
• Java
• lisp : guile, racket, common lisp
• haskell
• go
• rust

coding practice

• Advent of Code | about - "small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels"
• Project Euler - "a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems"
• Rosetta Code - iconic coding tasks in many languages
• 99 bottles of beer in 1500 languages
• CodingBat python
• edabit - learn to code with interactive challenges
• regex puzzles
• exercises in programming styles github code | companion book

command line

• software carpentry's unix shell lesson
• linuxcommand.org's learning the shell
• wikipedia: command-line interface
• Effective Shell online book, by David Kerr
• N. Matloff's Unix: the bare minimum
• linux command line - learn about how to use the command line
• the alternative to the command line is GUI apps and a window manager
• getting to the bash command line :
  • Mac: "Terminal" application (click magnifying glass in menu for Spotlight; type 'Terminal')
  • Windows: install "git bash" which includes the unix "bash" shell including a terminal, ssh, and other common unix-y stuff.
  • ... or another Microsoft option is Windows Subsytem for Linux (free)

code editors & IDEs

• nano - a simple but good unix (and windows git bash) command line line choice
• emacs - what Jim uses ; one of the classic terminal editors | aquamacs ac application
• vim - another classic in-the-terminal hacker's editor
• notepad++ (windows) - free code-friendly replacement for Notepad
• sublime text - a popular proprietary GUI editor
• vscode - Microsoft's Visual Code Studio ; has been one of the most popular editors lately
• atom - a web-oriented GUI code editor
• PyCharm - JetBrain's lots-of-bells app for editing & running python on Mac, Windows, Linux. There's a free "community" version and a paid version with more features.
• IDLE - python.org's app for editing and running python ; comes with the standard python installation
• google "top python editor IDE", eh?

vocabulary & acronyms

• API - application program interface
• ascii and utf8
• binary, bytes, and hex
• comments
• compilers and interpreters
• computer science
• documentation
• git - a popular "version control system" for managing files and software projects
• GUI - graphical user interface
• hello world
• IDE
• imperative, functional, objects, logical : programming paradigms
• newline and text files
• operating systems and file systems
• regular expressions
• testing

scientific posters

• Abbey Killam will help you print your poster - connect with her early enough to have it ready by the poster session day, Fri Dec 3.
• Hugh's poster resources
• some powerpoint templates (The most commonly used size is 48 x 36.)
• some latex templates
• how to create a research poster
• scientific poster design advice
• for posters, less is more : a brief summary of idea & tech, screenshots, code snip(s) (to make tech explicit), URLs (your code, background) for folks who want more

tools

• ssh, scp, keys (for remote login without a password)
• git and github
• slack - bennington-cs.slack.com #fall21-coding
• visualize code execution - python, java, c, js, ruby
• jsfiddle | codepen - frontend (html+cs+js) playgrounds

reading

• hacker news
• Peter Norvig's teach yourself programming in ten years | pytudes (python code examples)
• Matt Might's blog | computer science , compilers
• Scott Aaronson's blog | complexity
• Gwern | AI, tech, statistics, pychology, ...
• N. Stephenson's In the beginning there was the command line
• Google Style Guide
• the missing semester of your cs education - MIT course on tools : shell, git, etc
• stackoverflow : computing questions & answers
• wikipedia