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Questions

Neel Radhakrishnan edited this page May 20, 2019 · 7 revisions

WHAT SHOULD BE KNOWN

To be mostly filled in by Neel. Questions which Jon and Govind should be able to answer.

concepts

  • what is a server? what servers have we seen so far on this project?
  • what is a VM? where have we used VMs on the project?
  • what is an IP address? what is special about 127.0.0.1 and 0.0.0.0 and how have we used them on this project?
  • what is a port? why are some special? how have we seen this so far?
  • what is an exit code? where do they come from? what are the possible values? what do they mean? how can we check the previous exit code? how have we encountered them on the project?
  • what is an environment variable? how can we set them? where have we used them? what is their purpose?

tools

  • what is ssh? how does the keypair work?
  • what is git? why is it important? how is it different to GitHub?
  • what is make? what are the benefits of it? what are some alternatives?
  • what is Docker? what are the benefits of it? what are some alternatives?

best practice

  • what makes a good pull request?

WHAT IS NOT KNOWN

To be mostly filled in by Jon and Govind, for discussion with the group.

Link each question to a Trello ticket (if relevant) and add your name to each question you add.

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