Resources

Information, tutorials, and resources for computing and software tools and systems ...

Tools

GitHub

• GitHub Cheatsheet
• GitHub Masterguide
• A list of Git resources - categorized by your preferred way to learn
• If you like to learn with online courses - try Intro to GitHub Course by Github Learning Lab
• Overwhelmed? Here are blog posts to help you get started with step-by-step instructions: 1 | 2
• GitHub Desktop Tutorial - for anyone who likes working with a UI

Unix Command Line/Bash

• The Wikipedia article on the Command Line
• Linux/Unix Command Line Cheatsheet
• Sortware Carpentry's Unix Shell Lesson

Text Editors & IDEs

• nano - A simple but good unix (and windows git bash) command line line choice
• emacs - One of the classic terminal editors | aquamacs ac application
• vim - Another classic in-the-terminal hacker's editor
  • vimtutor - Inputting vimtutor at your terminal will bring up a quick tutorial on how to use Vim.
• notepad++ (Windows) - Free code-friendly replacement for Notepad
• sublime text - A popular proprietary GUI editor
• 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
• Visual Studio - Microsoft's IDE, also with a free "community" version and a paid version with more features.
• Visual Studio Code - Microsoft's text editor. It is similar to Visual Studio but much more lightweight and is open-source.

Bennington CS Slack

• An open discussion space for the Computer Science Department at Bennington College.

Jupyter Notebook

• Bennington College Jupyter Notebook.

Miscellaneous

• On Self-Studying
• On Programming Languages
• What if My Laptop is Broken?