May 24, 2021
All session contents for SOC2021 will be posted to the current GitHub website. We will not be sending out any emails. Please check this website at least a day before each meeting to ensure you are up to date. Youtube links to each of the recorded sessions will be posted here as well.
Get a free GitHub account and memorize your password. You will use it often. Once you login to your account, navigate to this repository and click on Watch button in the top right corner. This will help you keep track of changes being made upstream. I will update the repository periodically.
Join our Slack channel for live coding and troubleshooting help. We will also post announcements on this channel instead of sending out emails to everyone.
Install Git, the version control system on your computer
Mac OSX has a git client built into it. So no installation is necessary.
If you use a Windows computer, install Git for Windows
Make sure your git installation works.
Mac OSX: Open Terminal.app, and type git --version. This should print git version to the screen. If you get an error message, copy and post it on the Slack channel.
Git for Windows: Right click on desktop and choose Git Bash, which should open up a terminal window. If you run into issues, make sure you followed instructions on their website (see above).
Download and install latest versions of R and RStudio
R can be downloaded from r-project.org
RStudio can be obtained from rstudio.com/products/rstudio/
Install Pandoc, a versatile document converter (think plain text to html or pdf).
Install a text editor. We recommend vim (also called vi).
Macintosh: Your system comes pre-built with vim. However, go ahead and get this GUI version which will be useful.
Note: This page will be updated every week and new tools maybe added which you might need for the next meeting. Please strive to install them before you come for future meetings.