Tutorials

--D. Thiebaut 16:02, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

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Google's DSPL (DataSet Publishing Language)

Title	Description
DSPL: First Contact	A first look at DSPL with a simple example showing how to plot two columns of numbers as a function of time (years)

MatPlotLib for Python

Title	Description
MatPlotLib Tutorial #1	An introduction to the MatPlotLib Python library allowing you to generate MatLab-style graphs in Python.

Arduino

Title	Description
Tutorial: Introduction to the Arduino	An in-class introduction to the Arduino. Not useful if not accompanied by in-class presentation. Refer to the Arduino Web site if working on your own.

XGrid Programming at Smith College

These tutorials and examples are taken from the pages I maintain for the XGrid working group at Smith College. More information can be found in the Smith XGrid page.

Title	Environment/Language
Controlling the XGrid from the Command Line	Command Line
Running the Mandelbrot demo program	XCode
Tutorial Part 1: Monte Carlo	Python
Tutorial Part 2: Processing Wiki Pages	Python
Tutorial Part 3: Monte Carlo on the Science Center XGrid	Python
Introduction to the XGrid Part I: Generating histograms in parallel.	Perl
Introduction to the XGrid Part II : Creating a pipeline.	Perl
Running a C program: The N-Queens Problem on the XGrid	C
Running a Perl script on 10,000 files], Version 1	Perl
Running a Perl script on 10,000 files, Version 2: faster I/O	Perl
Running a Perl script on 10,000 files, Version 3: Batch Scheduling.	Perl
A pipeline in Perl: this version uses a graphical utility to create the batch file.	Perl
Generating Batch Files in Plist Format	PList Format
Counting the number of hosts in an XGrid	Python
Running Qt C++ Programs on the XGrid	Qt C++
Programming FAQ	XGrid

Hadoop/MapReduce Computation at Smith College

See the Hadoop/MapReduce Tutorials page for up-to-date information.

Tutorial	Comments
Tutorial #1	Running WordCount written in Java on the Smith College Hadoop/MapReduce Cluster
Tutorial #1.1	Creating timelines of the execution of tasks during the execution of a MapReduce program.
Tutorial #2	Running WordCount in Python on the Smith College Hadoop/MapReduce Cluster
Tutorial #2.1	Running a streaming Python MapReduce program on XML files
Tutorial #2.2	Running C++ programs under Hadoop Pipes
Tutorial #3	Running Hadoop jobs on Amazon AWS
Tutorial #3.1	Uploading text to S3 and running Amazon's WordCount Java program on our own data.
Tutorial #3.2	Uploading and Running our own streaming version of the WordCount program on AWS.
Tutorial #3.3	Computing the cost of maintaining a cluster of 6 MapReduce instances on Amazon's AWS
Tutorial #4	Start a server on Amazon's EC2 infrastructure

C++ with Qt 4

Title	Description
Tutorial #1	: Creating a simple application with VC++ 2003.
Tutorial #2	: Simple signal/slot experiment with VC++ 2003.
Tutorial #3	: Creating an application from the console (without IDE).
Tutorial #4	: Using a Python script to generate the project around a .ui file.
Tutorial #5	: Adding a debug window and facility to a form.
Tutorial #6	: The implementation of a memory module for a computer simulator.
Tutorial #7	: Using a QTableWidget to show data in a tabular form.
Tutorial #8	: A simple listView model/view example (taken from Qt's doc)
Tutorial #9	: A model/view implementation of a 2 dimensional array
Tutorial #10	: Launching a subprocess...

C++ with Qt4/Qt Creator

Title	Description
Hello World (Console Mode)	: Creating a simple console Qt4 application with Qt Creator.
Read MySql Table (Console Mode)	: Access a MySql database and read the contents of a table.

PyQt3

Title	Description
Tutorial #1	: Creating a simple form with PyQt.

PyQt4

• Tutorial #1: Creating a simple editor window in Qt 4.

PhPRunner MySql tutorials

• Tutorial #1: A quick intro to PhpRunner and MySql.
• Tutorial #2: Playing with SQL queries.

MySql tutorials

• Tutorial #1 and exercises: creating tables, generating SELECT queries.
• Tutorial #2 and exercises: Update queries, and left join operations.

BioInformatics Labs in Proce55ing

These labs were created as an introduction to Bioinformatics using the language Processing. Some of them are very short. Others require some amount of programming.

• Lab #0: Introduction to Proce55ing
• Lab #1: Retrieving DNA sequence from database
• Lab #2: Retrieving protein sequence from database
• Lab #3: Aligning sequences in Proce55ing
• Lab #4: Finding repeats in DNA sequences with Proce55ing
• Lab #5: Finding repeats in DNA sequences using a Web-server
• Lab #6: Playing with FoldIt!
• Lab #7: Sequence Logos with Proce55ing
• Lab #8: Sequence Logos on the Web
• Lab #9: Where/How do I get proteins?
• Lab #10: Finding the secondary structure of a protein

• Miscellaneous Links and Resources
  • E Coli sequence in FASTA format
  • A good tutorial ( pdf ) on Processing by Josh Nimoy, from NYU.

Assembly Crash Course

This is a one-evening crash-lab on assembly language. This is a good introduction to the 80X86-family assembly for students with no background in assembly, and taking a microprocessor-based course.

Creating Printed-Circuit Boards

• Tutorial: Printed-Circuit Boards: With thanks to Paul Voss for his sharing his tools and secrets!

SQLite and Processing

Title	Description
Tutorial #1	A simple approach using Processing's IDE
Tutorial #2	Using Eclipse