Introduction to Tools and Techniques in Computer Science

Contents:

Setup, writing structured text, and file management

Remote connections and command-line file management

Compiling and running code, version control

Advanced version control, project management

Advanced shell usage

Getting help and digital notebooks

Debugging (strategies and usage)

Command-line environment

Shell scripting

Build systems and dependency management

Containers, virtual machines, and “The Cloud ™”

Running your own Linux system

Summary

Franklin Bristow

Week 3

Now you should be able to connect to other computers using ssh. You should also be able to do some of the same things you can do on your own computer using your visual file explorer on a remote system without being in front of that computer, including sending files back and forth between that remote computer

You should now be able to:

Connect to a remote computer using ssh.
Create, rename, delete, and inspect folder structures on the command-line.
Navigate folder structures on the command-line.
Use a command-line text editor to open, inspect, edit, and save a file.
Complete commands and filenames with tab completion.
Transfer files between your computer and a remote computer.
Use the handin command in the U of M CS UNIX environment.