Topic 02

Computational Literacy, Command Line, and Version Control

Slides

• Computational Literacy

• Command Line

• Version Control

Lecture Material

• Basics of Command Line (very short piece): html, notebook

• Basics of Command Line (slides material):.zip

• In-Class Activity - Exploring the Command Line: html

Problem Set

• Problem Set - Collaboration and Version Control with Git and GitHub

Recommended Readings

• The Plain Person’s Guide to Plain Text Social Science - Healy, Kieran

  • Ch. 1: Introduction;

  • Ch. 2: Keep a Record;

  • Ch. 3: Write and Edit;

  • Ch. 4: Reproduce Work.

• Pro Git - Chacon & Straub

  • Ch. 1: Getting Started; Read 1.1 - 1.3

  • Ch. 2: Git Basics; Only read 2.1 - 2.5

  • Ch. 3: Git Branching

• Essential Computer Literacy: 50 min.

Additional Resources

• Effective Shell

• vim Video

• More on Git/Github in Pro Git:

  • Read 1.4 - 1.7 for help on installation and commandline

  • Read Ch. 6 for more information regarding Git + Github.

• Ch. 13 Detect Git from RStudio -Happy Git with R - Bryan, Jenny & Jim Hester

• Visualizing Git

• Data Science at the Command Line

• The Art of Command Line

• Introduction to Linux