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[Christine Nattrass <saccharomyces.cerevisae AT gmail.com>]

    Dear all
    
    Since many of us are just getting undergraduates oriented, I thought
    I'd share some resources I find useful for beginning undergrads. 
    Please see below my signature.
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Greetings,
Dr. Christine Nattrass
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she, her, hers
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Physics Department
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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    Linux Command line:
    The Code Academy command line class unfortunately is now only
    for "Pro" users, but there is a 7 day free trial.  This has
    interactive exercises and I think is best pedagogically. I've used
    it in my Course-based Undergraduate Research experience quite
    successfully.  It doesn't make people experts, but after students do
    this, I no longer need to tell them line by line what to type for
    simple commands.
    https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-the-command-line
    If you have some experience but are unsure where you rank, you can
    do the challenge exams and see how it goes.  If you pass, you don't
    need that lesson, but if you don't, you need to go back and review.
    Here are some additional resources:
    https://lifehacker.com/5633909/who-needs-a-mouse-learn-to-use-the-command-line-for-almost-anything
    A Command Line Primer for Beginners 
    https://www.learnenough.com/command-line-tutorial
    Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous
    
    http://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
    https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-linux-command-line-2018/
    
    C++ Experience:
    This one is free
    https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-c-plus-plus
    
    Python:
    For python, there is a python 2 course which is free, and the only
    syntax difference between python 2 and 3 is in print statements, so
    I would direct people to the python 2 class
    https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-python
    There are a number of other small differences, but most of them have
    to do with practical implementation and library compatibility.  The
    primary benefit of the tutorial is that it has great exercises built
    in, so it's much better pedagogically than recorded lectures without
    a practical component.
    
    Intro material on heavy ion physics:
    Start with: publicly accessible articles
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-first-few-microsecond/
    Next, YouTube seminars geared at undergraduates:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb169AflJA0HvErBLjysAFejBIZQ_YCjG
    
    Material on Rivet:
    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kPiMqSWiXo2VXlNgidTjffawYGcQcW4TV5wVqUZ3qsY/edit?usp=sharing
    
    Git:
    Very short summary of essential commands & a pointer to a more
    detailed tutorial
    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1McclgrlCHoqcMttakLPaVy6nMiQI-bKu5K6HdMroUlE/edit?usp=sharing