Overview
Throughout your education as a Computer Scientist at Carnegie Mellon, you will take courses on programming, theoretical ideas, logic, systems, etc. As you progress, you will be expected to pick up the so-called "tools of the trade." This course is intended to help you learn what you need to know in a friendly, low-stress, high-support way. We will discuss UNIX, debugging and many other essential tools.
For more information, you should checkout the syllabus.
Feedback
We are keeping a form open throughout the semester for you to submit feedback on all the lectures and anything non-lecture related / about the course in general as well. You are welcome to submit the form multiple times throughout the semester, but please don't spam us. Form available here
Schedule
NOTE: We are still tweaking the schedule, and it is subject to change.
| Date | Slides | Lecture Topic |
|---|---|---|
| ASAP | - | Initial setup |
| 8/29 | slides | Intro + LaTeX |
| 9/4 | slides | Intro + Command Line |
| 9/11 | slides | Vim Basics |
| 9/18 | slides | Vim - Advanced |
| 9/25 | slides | Git - Basics |
| 10/2 | - | Exam 1 |
| 10/9 | slides | Git - github |
| 10/16 | - | Fall Break |
| 10/23 | slides | Bash - Intro |
| 11/30 | slides | Bash - Globs & Regex |
| 11/6 | - | CMU Advice - Q&A |
| 11/13 | slides | Bash - Oneliner Pipes |
| 11/20 | - | Exam 2 |
| 11/27 | - | Thanksgiving |
Extratations
Throughout the semester, we'll be holding extra workshops and talks outside of class, dubbed "extratations", to explore topics that we don't want to test you on but that you might find interesting.
Time: Typically 1-2pm but subject to change. Location: See Piazza
We'll be posting the extratation schedule here.
| Week | Date | Extratation Topic | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/30 | No extratation, Extended OH instead | |
| 2 | 9/5 | Advice for Job/Opportunity Seeking + Interview/Resume Tips | TBD |
| 3 | 9/12 | What is "Computer Science" | TBD |
| 4 | 9/19 | Going Zero to One | TBD |
| 5 | 9/26 | Exam 1 review | TBD |
| 6 | 10/3 | Topic TBD | TBD |
| 7 | 10/10 | Fall Break | |
| 8 | 10/17 | Fall Break | |
| 9 | 10/24 | Topic TBD | TBD |
| 10 | 10/31 | Topic TBD | TBD |
| 11 | 11/7 | Topic TBD | TBD |
| 12 | 11/14 | Exam 2 review | TBD |
| 13 | 11/21 | Thanksgiving Special | TBD |
Office hours calendar
How to use this site
This site is broken up into a number of Topics which are further broken up into Lessons. One topic in particular relates directly to the assignments in this class: Readings. The "Readings" topic is where you can find links to the the lessons that will be useful for solving that week's lab.
In general, there are more lesson pages than there are labs. You will only be assessed on your knowledge of those that relate to solving the labs. The others are there as additional resources.