DSC 110 - Survey of Software Tools

TechStack topics for computational (and data) scientists. The list of topics (see topics folder) is incomplete. The course was inspired by (i) a summer course run by Dr. Ed Overman at Ohio State University and (ii) MIT - The Missing Semester. Edited from dsc-techstack by James Quinlan, Ph.D.

Course description

This course facilitates the development of proficiency with the tools of computational and data science. Critical topics about the computing ecosystem that could make students’ lives significantly easier are covered. These topics include but are not limited to the command-line, the use of text editors, and version control systems. Students will spend hundreds of hours using these tools throughout their education (and possibly thousands over their careers). Mastering such tools enables students to be more efficient at the problem-solving process and provides unique knowledge and skills.

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this course, the student will:

1. demonstrate benefits of virtual machines
2. navigate directories using the command line and automate common computer tasks
3. typeset basic mathematical notation
4. use Git: initialize, clone, commit, push
5. create a professional LinkedIn profile
6. consider data ethics issues
7. examine computer security and privacy issues

Topics

1. VMs & Linux Distro
2. Shell Commands
3. Shell & Scripting
4. Python & Colab
5. R & Rstudio
6. Markdown
7. LaTeX
8. Version Control (git)
9. Github
10. Data Ethics
11. LinkedIn
12. Desmos & GeoGebra
13. Amazon AWS

Contributing guidelines

All contributions are more than welcome. Contributions may close an issue, fix a bug (reported or not reported), add new design blocks, improve the existing code, add new features, and so on. In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and maintainers pledge to make participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation. Read the full Code of Conduct.

The dev branch is the project's default and base branch. It is used for development, and all Pull Requests should go there.

Get code

git clone https://github.com/JPikowski/DSC-110.git
cd DSC-110

Copyright and License

Code and documentation copyright 2023 Quinlan. The code was released under the MIT License.

References

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