{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/umd-coding-workshop/website/issues/84","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/umd-coding-workshop/website/issues/84/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/umd-coding-workshop/website/issues/84/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/umd-coding-workshop/website/issues/84/events","html_url":"https://github.com/umd-coding-workshop/website/issues/84","id":48390672,"number":84,"title":"Fall 2014, Meeting #6 (11/17, 3pm, McK 0228B)","user":{"login":"jwestgard","id":1669195,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1669195?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard","html_url":"https://github.com/jwestgard","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jwestgard/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/umd-coding-workshop/website/labels/Agenda","name":"Agenda","color":"009800"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2014-11-11T14:39:59Z","updated_at":"2015-01-05T16:24:25Z","closed_at":"2015-01-05T16:24:25Z","body":"Please note our different meeting place (the DSS conference room, 0228B) for this meeting.\r\n\r\nFor remote attendance, use this Adobe Connect link: https://webmeeting.umd.edu/umd-coding-workshop\r\n\r\n## Preparation\r\n1. Continue working on Code Academy.\r\n2. Think about project ideas. If you are interested in participating in the [csv-validate project](https://github.com/jwestgard/csv-validate), please get in touch or post your ideas and code as issues and pull requests to the project Github repository.\r\n3. Practice your Unix; on Mac or Linux you can do this by opening a terminal and typing commands; on Windows you may need to install a shell.  If you need help getting started please feel free to ask.  For additional practice there are Unix tutorials available on http://lyndatraining.umd.edu, specifically \"[Unix for Mac Users](http://www.lynda.com/Mac-OS-X-10-6-tutorials/Unix-for-Mac-OS-X-Users/78546-2.html)\" and \"[Up and Running with Bash Scripting](http://www.lynda.com/Bash-tutorials/Up-Running-Bash-Scripting/142989-2.html).\"\r\n\r\n## Agenda\r\n1. Q&A: Codecademy Lessons, Cloud9, Github, software installation, Unix, etc.\r\n2. Project ideas discussion (floor is open).\r\n3. Planning for next meeting.\r\n\r\n## Follow Up\r\nI got a lot out of the free form meeting yesterday -- thanks to everyone who came out for it!   See you next week.  In the meantime, for those who are interested in following up with some reading about unicode and internationalization of your environment, a few interesting links (courtesy of Peter):\r\n\r\n1. This is a great reference on Unicode, specifically in a command line environment: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html\r\n2. These \"Computerphile\" videos from the University of Nottingham (UK) offer a humorous take on the problems of internationalization with respect to languages (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j74jcxSunY) and time zones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY).\r\n3. Finally, I (Josh) found this useful background when I was researching some issues displaying unicode text in Python.  As it turned out, his guidelines didn't solve the problem because it was an issue with my shell environment (in short, the issue was with Python trying to \"export\" unicode to the shell for display on my terminal screen, not with Python's internal handling of unicode). Nevertheless, the presentation is useful: http://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html."}}