Difference between revisions of "New Member Orientation"

Revision as of 17:07, 19 January 2014

I'm going to make no assumptions about you or your purpose for being here. Read what you need or want; you can always come back.

HIP focuses on bringing hardware and software together
HIP is merged with Green Science and so our projects can include subjects such as the use, representation, and creation of energy.
There are software and hardware opportunities.

Check HIP for up-to-date project listings.

This is a list of present/past projects that we've worked on. It's intended to give you a taste of what we do.

we use a listserv, email hip@cs.earlham.edu to email everyone
generally it's good to notify the group about significant progress via email or in meetings
phone numbers / emails are useful to have
google services such as docs, spreadsheets, etc can be used for development
- you need gmail accounts to utilize these services

Friday in the Green Zone for lunch (12-1pm)
- general discussion about current and future projects
- bring-your-own-lunch style
Sunday on the roof (1-3pm)
- working together in the same space

Documentation is an important part of HIP because different people from different times will need to know about the work you did.=

document projects
- inline code documentation helps readability
- document while working on a project
- after completion, document changes to keep information relatively accurate

document your work, process, or experience
- your experience is invaluable to someone who is going through a similar experience

how to use
- you need an account to be created by an admin; ask Charlie
- if a page doesn't exist, search for it and the wiki will let you create that page
- make sure to click "Save Page" after you're finished editing

how to style
- group things sensibly because having too many headers can be overkill
- ordered lists are the simplest way to organize content

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 === Documentation ===
-Documentation is an important part of HIP because different people from different times will need to know about the work you did.
+Documentation is an important part of HIP because different people from different times will need to know about the work you did.=
-Generally this wiki is where you want to do that, but in-line code documentation is important too.
 * document projects
-** document during construction
+** inline code documentation helps readability
+** document '''while''' working on a project
 ** after completion, document changes to keep information relatively accurate