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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Missing Semester IAP 2020

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via YouTube

Overview

Explore a comprehensive lecture series from MIT's Independent Activities Period, covering essential computer science topics over 10 hours. Dive into subjects like shell programming, vim editing, data wrangling, command-line environments, version control with git, debugging, profiling, metaprogramming, security, and cryptography. Gain practical skills and knowledge through a series of 11 lectures, concluding with a Q&A session to reinforce your understanding of these fundamental computer science concepts.

Syllabus

Lecture 1: Course Overview + The Shell (2020)
Lecture 2: Shell Tools and Scripting (2020)
Lecture 3: Editors (vim) (2020)
Lecture 4: Data Wrangling (2020)
Lecture 5: Command-line Environment (2020)
Lecture 6: Version Control (git) (2020)
Lecture 7: Debugging and Profiling (2020)
Lecture 8: Metaprogramming (2020)
Lecture 9: Security and Cryptography (2020)
Lecture 10: Potpourri (2020)
Lecture 11: Q&A (2020)

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