Classes teach you all about advanced topics within CS, but there’s one critical subject that’s rarely covered:
We’ll teach you how to master the command-line, use a powerful text editor, use fancy features of version control systems, and much more!
Schedule
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1/13/20 | Course overview + the shell |
| 1/14/20 | Shell Tools and Scripting |
| 1/15/20 | Editors (Vim) |
| 1/16/20 | Data Wrangling |
| 1/21/20 | Command-line Environment |
| 1/22/20 | Version Control (Git) |
| 1/23/20 | Debugging and Profiling |
| 1/27/20 | Metaprogramming |
| 1/28/20 | Security and Cryptography |
| 1/29/20 | Potpourri |
| 1/30/20 | Q&A |
Video recordings of the lectures are available on YouTube.
About the class
Staff: This class is co-taught by Anish, Jon, and Jose.
Questions: Email us at missing-semester@mit.edu.
Beyond MIT
We’ve also shared this class beyond MIT in the hopes that others may benefit from these resources. You can find posts and discussion on:
Translations:
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- Bengali
Note: these are external links to community translations. We have not vetted them.
Have you created a translation of the course notes from this class? Submit a pull request so we can add it to the list!
Acknowledgements
We thank Elaine Mello, Jim Cain, and MIT Open Learning for making it possible for us to record lecture videos; Anthony Zolnik and MIT AeroAstro for A/V equipment; and Brandi Adams and MIT EECS for supporting this class.
Source code. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA. See here for contribution & translation guidelines.
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