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The Missing Course (based on MIT's The Missing Semester)
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# The Missing Course



A [University of Montana](https://umt.edu) course covering helpful software

development tools and techniques based on [The Missing

Semester](https://missing.csail.mit.edu).



## Shortcuts



  * [Assignments](assignments/)

  * [Lecture videos](videos/)

  * [Office hours](office-hours.html)

  * [Topics](topics/)



## Schedule



The [topics/](topics/) directory contains the materials we will cover. It is

organized into topics and each topic will generally take about a week. Keep in

mind, however, that many topics will build on one another. This means that you

really don't want to fall behind. If you miss a week, be sure to catch up.



## Instruction



Lectures will be delivered electronically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. See

Moodle for the Zoom link.



[Office hours](office-hours.html) will be held virtually in an on-demand

fashion. Please use [Calendly](https://calendly.com/glesica) to schedule an

office hours appointment.



If you need help with an assignment, it is generally a good idea to include

whatever code or data you are working with when you email me. You can do this

using the `tar` command.



To create a zip file that includes all the files in a particular directory, use

the following (in this case, the directory you want to zip is called "the_dir"):



```

tar czf the_dir.tgz the_dir

```



After you've done this, you can attach `the_dir.tgz` to an email.



Assuming no technology issues, lectures will be recorded and posted on the

course web site and / or Moodle.



### Lecture Videos



Lecture videos are available on YouTube, the list is on the [videos/](videos/)

page.



## Assignments



[Student Guestbook](assignments/guestbook.html)



Students will submit each assignment by creating a "pull request" (PR) against

this GitHub repository. Don't worry, we'll learn what that means before anything

is due. This pattern will simulate a standard software development workflow.

You can think of it as one big, semester-long group project.



Due dates are going to be a pretty relaxed affair. You'll lose a point for every

day something is late. The idea here is just to keep the whole class from

turning in every assignment on the last day of the semester.



Assignments can be found in the [assignments/](assignments/) directory.



## Reading



There isn't a textbook, but there are a couple books that students might find

informative. These are listed below. This list will likely be updated as the

semester progresses.



  - [Classic Shell Scripting](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/classic-shell-scripting/0596005954/)

  - [A Philosophy of Software Design](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of-software-design)



## Prerequisites



### Linux on Windows



It is possible to install a Linux distribution under Windows 10 using WSL

(Windows Subsystem for Linux). This will be required for some of the topics we

study during this course. See the link below for instructions.



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## Grading



Assignments will be evaluated automatically or by the instructor and grades will

be posted on the course's Moodle page for confidentiality.



## Disabilities



If you have a documented disability and would like to discuss an affordance,

please let me know as soon as possible.



## Instructor



[George Lesica](https://lesica.com) is a Senior Software Scientist in the

[Wheeler Lab](https://wheelerlab.org) at the University of Montana and a

freelance software development and technology consultant.



  - Email: 

  - Microsoft Teams: George Lesica