8: Feb. 25

Week 8: Feb. 25, 2022

Due by classtime: Homework 7.

Structured Data & the Command Line

You’ll learn what structured data is and how to interact with your computer from the terminal.

Read, view, and listen

• “Structured vs. Unstructured Data”
• “A Gentle Introduction to XML”
• “JSON Basics: What You Need to Know”
• “Unix Commands and Batch Processing for the Reluctant Librarian or Archivist”

Install

ONLY IF YOU USE A WINDOWS MACHINE: Git for Windows

Please follow these instructions for installing Git for Windows. (Basically, leave all the default options as they are except for one!)

(If you use a Mac, you can skip this.)

In-class links

Slides: XML and JSON

Slides: Unix

Tutorial: Getting started with the command line (also see version on Github)

Alternative Unix activity for the tech-confident

Vote on (and/or suggest) a topic for our last class.