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| 1 | + |
| 2 | +# welcome to cyber wizard institute! |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +We are a group of learners and volunteer |
| 5 | +facilitators committed to creating an open |
| 6 | +month-long intensive learning environment at the |
| 7 | +Sudo Room hackerspace in Oakland, California. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +--- |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +# course map |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +* unix bash command-line |
| 14 | +* html |
| 15 | +* javascript |
| 16 | +* vim |
| 17 | +* git, github, and distributed collaboration |
| 18 | +* regular expressions |
| 19 | +* computer networking |
| 20 | +* setting up servers |
| 21 | +* node.js |
| 22 | +* modular front-end |
| 23 | +* svg for art and games |
| 24 | +* computer science fundamentals |
| 25 | +* music technology |
| 26 | +* ...and more! |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +--- |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +# schedule |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +http://cyber.wizard.institute/calendar.html |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +--- |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +# the format |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Some days there will be a workshop scheduled. |
| 39 | +Workshops will take at most an hour or two. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +The rest of the day, you should work on your own |
| 42 | +projects. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Facilitators will be around to help and you can |
| 45 | +ask fellow students for help. We're all learners! |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +--- |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +# for students |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +* come up with project ideas |
| 52 | +* figure out which skills your project needs |
| 53 | +* install linux! |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +--- |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +# project ideas |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +* a blog for your website |
| 60 | +* a simple browser game |
| 61 | +* programs to help you automate mundane tasks |
| 62 | +* a funny text generator that you can connect to twitter |
| 63 | +* interactive art with code |
| 64 | +* a visualization of some data |
| 65 | +* music/sound art |
| 66 | +* photo and video manipulation |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +--- |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +# for facilitators |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +* add your workshops to calendar.html on: |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +https://github.com/cyberwizardinstitute/cyberwizardinstitute.github.io |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +* add lecture notes and outlines to: |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +https://github.com/cyberwizardinstitute/workshops |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +--- |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +# you'll need a unix |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +All of our course materials assume a unixy |
| 85 | +environment such as MaxOSX or Linux. |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +Why unix? |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +* all the system tools fit together consistently |
| 90 | +* most programming answers you'll find on the |
| 91 | + internet assume a unix environment |
| 92 | +* open source programmers mostly use unix, |
| 93 | + so the best libraries and tools run there |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +--- |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +# if you're on windows |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +First of all, you should install Linux! |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +Two three ways to run linux from windows: |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +* in a virtual machine (like virtualbox) |
| 104 | +* dual boot |
| 105 | +* blow away windows completely |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +--- |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +# virtualbox |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +Run an ordinary program that runs linux. |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +https://www.virtualbox.org/ |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +## pros: |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +* can run windows and linux at the same time |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | +## cons: |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +* can use up a lot of memory |
| 122 | +* clunkier to juggle local versus VM |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | +--- |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +# dual boot |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +You can install linux alongside windows on your |
| 129 | +system by dual booting. |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +When you boot your system you can choose which |
| 132 | +operating system to boot into. |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +Regular linux installers can set up a dual boot. |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +--- |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | +# blow away windows |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +Do you just want to completely remove windows and |
| 141 | +all the files on your hard disk? |
| 142 | + |
| 143 | +When you install linux with an installer, |
| 144 | +just blow away windows! |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +--- |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | +# if you're on MacOSX |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | +If you are on MacOSX you already have a suitable |
| 151 | +UNIX environment. |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | +However, particularly if you have an older version |
| 154 | +of MacOSX, it can be difficult to configure an OSX |
| 155 | +environment properly. |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +You might need to install xcode just to get a |
| 158 | +decent C compiler, for example. |
| 159 | + |
| 160 | +As a backup, you can also install virtualbox on |
| 161 | +your MacOSX computer and run linux in a VM: |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | +https://www.virtualbox.org/ |
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