bjc-r

The Beauty and Joy of Computing labs resource repository.

Cloning this Repo

We use a project called "llab" to be able to display the lab content nicely. It's contained in the "submodule" llab which somewhat changes the way you need to work with git.

(As an aside, if you're interested, you should definitely check out llab.)

git clone --recursive

OR

git submodule init
git submodule update

To update the repo you should do this:

git pull
git submodule update

Viewing the Site

The main "production" server for labs is hosted at Berkeley, here, it lags behind this repo in content.

We also sometimes use CS10 students as lab rats, and you can view beta labs on the CS10 site.

However, the repository is setup so that any fork can be run using GitHub pages. The main BJC repo can be viewed in a live state, here, or you can use your own fork by visiting the following url: http://[username].github.io/bjc-r/, where you replace [username] with your GitHub account name.

Running Your Own Server

While GitHub pages are convenient, you'll likely want to run your own web server to make debugging changes much more quick and easy. In order to view the labs, you'll need to have an Apache server running on your machine. Here are some simple instructions for a couple different platforms.

No matter the platform, you should serve files from /bjc-r/ at the root of your server. This might not be convenient in all cases. So, you have a few options:

1. Use a Git hook to do a find-and-replace when copying files to the destination.
2. In your fork, replace all "absolute" paths (e.g. /bjc-r/...), with relative ones. You could also use a simple script to do this.

Mac OS X and Unix

The easiest way to setup a server is to use a simple, built-in Python server.

1. cd into one level above the bjc-r directory.
2. In a separate window run python -m SimpleHTTPServer (for Python 2) or python3 -m http.server for Python 3.
3. Navigate to http://localhost:8000/bjc-r in a browser.
4. That's it! :)

WARNING Python's SimpleServer is visible to anyone on your local network! Don't run it from ~/ or your could expose your SSH keys!

Windows

If you have python, the above method for Mac OS X will also work for you!

Contributing

A basic guide on writing labs is, here. However, for the most part, all you need to do is write some HTML. To contribute:

1. Create your own fork of bjc-r.
2. Optionally: Create a new branch for your feature.
3. Work away!
4. Create a pull request.
5. Get feedback on the pull request and make changes as needed.
6. Be super awesome! :)

Of course, submitting issues is always welcome and encouraged! These issues can be bugs, questions, improvements or anything you'd like to share.

License

CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0