Day 2 - Thursday, April 3, 2014

Summary: Review of UNIX shell, introduction to version control


  1. Review UNIX shell
    • Look for directory/files we created last time. (Change the date in the pledge to not be April 1)
    • Create a new directory, Week1 (pay attention to spaces, case)
    • Practice cp, mv, rm
  2. Intro to git/github
    • Follow intro to version control notebook with them.
    • Github signup with <CPUID> or <CPUID>202
    • Version control our PHYS202-S14 repository locally, then push to github
    • View repo on github
  3. Assignment for the weekend: do next eight modules of the python track at Codecademy, a maximum of 2 per day (this will be checked on Tuesday).
    • Functions
      • 7. Functions
      • 8. Taking a Vacation
    • Lists and Dictionaries
      • 9. Python Lists and Dictionaries
      • 10. A Day at the Supermarket
    • Student becomes the teacher
      • 11. Student becomes the teacher
    • Lists and Functions
      • 12. Lists and Functions
      • 13. Battleship!
    • Loops
      • 14. Loops
      • 15. Practice makes perfect

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