September 1, 2008, 2:53 pm
In this series we’ll cover how to get the software packages used in lab on your own computer so that you can work on lab assignments at home or on a laptop. There’s not much to it, and the best news is that everything’s free!
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August 28, 2008, 12:31 pm
We’ll soon be posting information on how to install the lab software on your computer, so that you can work on lab exercises at home or on a laptop. In addition to using git from the command line to download lab materials that accompany the writeup on the course blog, however, there are a few other options available to you.
You can browse examples and lab materials in your browser by visiting http://github.com/michaelee/cs105/. From here you can click on the “examples” or “labN” links to view examples or the materials for lab N. You can even download the entire directory of examples and lab materials (called a “tree”) as a zip file — look for the “download” link — so that you can work with them on your computer.
August 21, 2008, 9:42 pm
Objectives
- Get comfortable with the command line
- Check out lab materials using
git
- Learn to use the SciTE text editor
- Edit your first Ruby program
- Run your first Ruby program
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