Teaching materials for AR Methodological Workshop - Computational Background Skills for Digital Humanities at University of Vienna.
| Time | Wednesday (6.3) | Thursday (7.3) | Wednesday (13.3) | Thursday (14.3) | Wednesday (20.3) | Thursday (21.3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:15 – 14:45 | Intro and Setup | Command line 2 | Git 1 | Regular expressions 1 | Web technologies 1 | Digital Toolbox |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Command line 1 | File formats and encodings | Git 2, Git 3 | Regular expressions 2 | Web technologies 2 | Questions & Answers |
This course is intended to provide basic training for skills needed in further courses and in the Digital Humanities in general. It is strongly recommended as a prerequisite to the other DH practical courses.
Main topics covered:
- Use of command line
- Introduction to regular expressions
- Practical use of Git
- Some notes on file formats
- Minimal introduction to web technologies
Given its practical nature, students are required to bring a laptop computer (no tablets!). If this presents a problem, please contact one of the course instructors in advance.
Regular attendance, following the practical exercise tasks during the lecture and active participation will lead to a final grade.
- Bring your laptop to the class
- Create a personal GitHub account: https://github.com/join
- Download and install Visual Studio code editor: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
- (Only Windows users) Download and install Gitbash: https://gitforwindows.org/
- Bootcamp: Computational groundwork skills by Pittsburgh-NEH-Institute: https://github.com/Pittsburgh-NEH-Institute/Institute-Materials-2017
- Software Carpentry workshop: https://software-carpentry.org/lessons/