Tool Time Lecture Series
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Overview
This series of lectures covers some time-tested tools useful to every coder. All students welcome!
Lectures will be delivered by Prof. Kauffman, Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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Schedule
| Topic | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emacs Editing Basics | Tue 02/04 | 6:30-8:00pm | Keller 3-180 |
| Emacs Customization with Lisp | Tue 02/18 | 6:30-8:00pm | Keller 3-180 |
| Text Processing (grep, awk, etc.) | Tue 03/03 | 6:30-8:00pm | Keller 3-180 |
| Bash Scripting | Tue 03/17 | 6:30-8:00pm | Keller 3-180 |
Talks
Session 1: Emacs Editing Basics
Emacs has been editing files for 40+ years and is still going strong. Why? It's an extremely powerful and flexible tool for manipulating text. This session will mitigate its difficult learning curve to show why Emacs can absorb most coding work and is truly the "hundred year editor."
Session 2: Emacs Customization with Lisp
Most of the power in Emacs derives from a built-in Lisp interpreter. Nearly every aspect of Emacs can be customized through writing bits of Lisp code and this session will cover how. As a by-product, participants will gain some basics of Lisp, a language still relevant 50+ years into its life.
Session 3: Unix Text Tools
Looking for phone numbers in hundreds of HTML files? Need to rename all variables in an entire source tree? Unix is full of small sharp text processing programs for just such occasions, making them essential tools in any power user's utility belt.
Session 4: Bash Scripting
Beyond 'cd' and 'ls', the command line interpreter is an old and powerful programming environment which includes variables, loops, conditionals, and functions (sort of). Find out how to exploit Bash to make your terminal life more enjoyable.