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Overview of communication channels
Throughout this course we'll be using a chat protocol names matrix to stay in touch. As matrix is a federated protocol you can create an account on quite a few different servers and still communicate together. A server has been set up at the school and you can create an account on it by going to this url.
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- matrix login on our server
- what is matrix
- which clients can you use
Introduction to markdown for notekeeping
Markdown is a very simple makeup language used very extensively online and in coding projects. You'll see it used all over github, for example the documetation of the vim repository is a markdown file. Our main reasons for using markdown are:
- ease of syntax
- perfect compatibility with git versioning
- renders to html on most git web platforms
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Brief introdution to cross platform text editors
The computers in our classroom run Windows for which the easiest tool to write and visualise markdown is vscode. On linux you can also use vscode but as markdown files are just simple text files, any text editor will do. My personal preference is vim but use whatever you fancy.
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Short introdution to git for notekeeping
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- our gitea server
- getting started with git
- standard git gui
- cross platorm git gui gitkraken needs account
- getting started with git pluralsight