technology.md

Technology

• General
• [3D Design and Fabrication](#3d -design-and-fabrication)
• Programming
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • Haskell
  • Swift

General

• Learning
• Tools

3D Design and Fabrication

• Learning
• Tools
  • Sketchup - Free or Paid Mac, PC - 3D modeling software. Free for non-commercial use.

Programming

• Learning
  • Awesome Learn to Program - Many different learning to program resources.
  • software carpentry - Programming and computer usage courses with a scientific focus.
  • The Art of Command Line - Tutorial of command line usage.
• Tools
  • Project Euler - Web, Challenge Problems - Series of math and computer science problems that are applicable to most languages.
  • Data Science 45-min Intros - Web, Resource Collection of talks, Jupyter Notebooks and other resources.
  • Let's Solve the File Format Problem - Web, Resource - Documentation of different file formats.
  • codecademy - Free Web, Courses Programming courses in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, and the command line.
  • udacity - Free, paid nanodegrees Web, Courses - Courses in many languages, often taught by programmers from large technology companies.

Python

• Learning
  • MITx 6.00.1x - Free, Paid certificate of completion Web Course - Great online course run by MIT and edX on the basics of Computer Science, taught using Python. Older Version on Open CourseWare
  • Interactive Python - Web, Book - Interactive programming book that can be customized and monitor class progress.
  • Automate the Boring Stuff with Python - Donationware Book - Python scripting without much of the computer science theory
  • Intermediate Python - Donationware Book - Bridge between beginner courses and more advanced but still generalized Python features.
  • Get Started with Python - Jupyter notebooks and text for an intro level course
  • Python Practice Book -
  • Dive Into Python 3 - Book
  • Python For Engineers - Paid Course - Focused on real world practical projects that engineers may do like Software Carpentry is for scientists.
  • Practical Numerical Methods in Python - Free Course - Course focusing on mathematical and scientific methods.
  • The Hacker's Guide to Python - Paid Book - Intermediate level Python
  • Pycubator - Slides
  • Scipy Lecture Notes - Basic Python up through the scientific stack.
  • Think Python - Free or Paid Book
• Tools
  • Anaconda - Mac, PC, Linux - Python distribution with many of the core scientific tools preinstalled.
  • Jupyter - Mac, PC, Linux - Formally known as iPython, Project Jupyter and Jupyter notebooks make for some really effective enhancements to the Read-Eval-Print-Loop. Especially useful for the sciences where your methods and results sections can actually work with the data you've produced. Included as part of Anaconda.
  • Python Tutor - Web - Online debugger that is especially useful to see state changes in code.
  • SageMathCloud - Free, paid upgrades Web - Hosted programming environments that have Jupyter pre-installed, course management tools, collaborative editing, and terminal access.
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python - Web, Resource - Tools and instructions for Python development.
  • Awesome Python - Web - Curated list (that inspired this one) of tools and packages for Python development.
  • Data Science iPython Notebooks - A collection of notebooks for reference of many data science and related tool use.
  • pyvideo.org - Videos - Thousands of Python related videos. Many from PyCon and different Python User Groups.

JavaScript

• Learning

  • Eloquent JavaScript - Free or Paid Book - Basic JavaScript development.
  • JavaScript Allongé, the "Six" Edition - Free or Paid Book -
  • Speaking JavaScript - Free or Paid Book - Designed for programmers transitioning from other languages
  • JavaScript Guide - Reference
  • SurviveJS - Free or Paid Book - Front end development using React, webpack and other modern tools.
  • Exploring ES6 - Free or Paid Book - Changes in the latest version of JavaScript.

• Tools

  • React

SQL

• Learning
  • Mode Analytics - SQL School
• Tools
  • PostgreSQL Exercises
  • Postgres Guide
  • SQL Style Guide

Haskell

• Learning
  • Learn You a Haskell for Greater Good! - Free or Paid Book - A beginners guide to programming in Haskell for programmers comfortable in another language.
  • Learning Haskell
• Tools

Swift

• Learning
  • Teaching App Development with Swift - Also available via iTunes U
    • A bit about the course
  • Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift - From Stanford
• Tools