Damn the Torpedoes (but I could use some help navigating)
This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.
Despite my own calculations (which were optimistic to begin with, and are more so now that I have a new job), I'm going to try to turn Software Carpentry into a book. Here's what's I'm planning to include, and its presesnt status; I would be very grateful for feedback, especially from alumni, about what doesn't need to be here, and what's missing. I think I'm still overshooting the knowledge and needs of far too many people; if you think so too, please let me know.
Status codes: | done | partial | undone |
Total | 129623 | ||
The Shell | 12709 | ||
Databases | 9778 | ||
Regular Expressions | 7987 | ||
Performance | 7590 | ||
Sets and Dictionaries | 7566 | ||
Software Engineering | 6378 | ||
Matrix Programming | 6232 | ||
Make | 5389 | ||
Phylogenetic Tree Example | 1652 | ||
Invasion Percolation Example | 1276 | ||
Spreadsheets | 3893 | ||
Configuring Programs | 2126 | ||
Tracking Provenance | 1786 | ||
Version Control | 6569 | ||
Persistence | 5978 | ||
XML | 5957 | ||
Functions and Libraries | 5335 | ||
Testing | 4501 | ||
Images and Sound | 3720 | ||
Web Programming | 3372 | ||
Data Types and Data Management | 2823 | ||
Parallel Programming | 905 | ||
Security | 318 | ||
Lists, Loops, and Conditionals | 79 | ||
Systems Programming | 45 | ||
Objects and Classes | 45 | ||
Building GUIs | 24 |