Practical Linux & Scripting Languages
Faculty Profiles
Norge Vizcay
Software Engineer at Google
Vladimir Mazin
Msc. Data Science at Harbour.Space University
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Overview
Unix forms a foundation that is often very helpful for accomplishing other goals you might have for you and your computer, whether that goal is running a business, writing a book, curing disease, or creating the next great app. The means to these goals are sometimes carried out by writing software. Software can’t be mined out of the ground, nor can software seeds be planted in spring to harvest by autumn. Software isn’t produced in factories on an assembly line. Software is a hand-made, often bespoke good.
If a software developer is an artisan, then Unix is their workbench. Unix provides an essential and simple set of tools in a distraction-free environment. Even if you’re not a software developer learning Unix can open you up to new methods of thinking and novel ways to scale your ideas.
This course is intended for those who are new to programming and new to Unix-like operating systems, such as macOS, and Linux distributions like Ubuntu. Most of the technologies discussed in this course will be accessed via a command line interface. Command line interfaces can seem alien at first, so this course attempts to draw parallels between using the command line and actions that you would normally take while using your mouse and keyboard.
Learning highlights
- Being comfortable with using different Unix tools and interconnecting them
- Learn how to write little pieces of software in a programming language called Bash
- Use Git version control system and Github as a web-based hosting service for version control
- Getting to know Emacs text editor
Course outline
4 classes
What Is Unix?
Setting up Unix.
Command Line Basic
Working with documentation (man, apropos)
Search with regular expressions (grep, egrep, find),
Configure command line environment,
Using hash functions (md5, shasum)
Working with Pipes,
Makefiles, Command line sorting
Prerequisites
This course is one of three in a wholistic series.
Students that have already taken MSL-111 and those with prior experience with HTML, CSS, and Javascript building simple web pages will be good candidates for this module.
Norge was born in 1992 in Cuba. He started his Computer Science Bachelor in University of Havana in 2011 graduating with honors in 2016.
While studying in Havana he started training for programming competitions being able to participate in the 2016 ACM-ICPC World Finals in Phuket, Thailand.
See full profileIn 2012 with scientific research in Algebra, Vladimir won 1st place at the National contest in Russia, the Intel-Avangard, and became a finalist of the Intel ISEF.
After school, he enrolled for Bachelors at ITMO University for the programme of Applied Math and Programming. During his Bachelor's, he participated in several educational projects: in 2013 he was a coordinator of the national science fair for school students - BalticSEF; in 2014 he was a teacher in the LCME summer school, teaching two courses on maths. In the last years of his Bachelors, Vladimir entered the centre of additional higher education, Computer Science Center, for the programme of Software Engineering. In the end of summer of 2015, he completed a 3-month internship as a Software Developer.
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Practical Linux & Scripting Languages
by Norge Vizcay, Vladimir Mazin
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Sep 24 - Oct 12, 2018
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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