APC Computer Science crash course

You will find here the content of the hands-on session given for APC newcomers.

Last session was organised in February 2024. Next one should happen in fall 2024.

Introduction

• Program
• Contributors
• Instructions for Windows users

Security and tooling

• Main security threats
• Security recommandations
• Password Manager
• Table of recommended tools
• Forbidden software

Computing at APC

• The DANTE cluster
• Slurm commands summary

Shell and shell scripting

• Shell introduction
• Shell syntax
• Classical shell commands
• Shell commands explained
• SSH (Secure shell)
• Real-life scenario

Virtual environments

• Python virtual environments

Hands-on session

• GitLab
• VS Code