Astrophysics Computing Tutorials

1. Introduction to the (tcsh) shell
• Things you really should know if you use a command line (summary sheet)
• Command line examples (summary sheet)
• A simple example of tcsh scripting
• The complete tarball including the directory and test files used in the examples (8.6MB)
2. Choosing and using programming languages (slides)
3. Version control using RCS and CVS
• Slides
• CVS summary sheet
• SVN summary sheet
4. Everything important about Nedit (summary sheet)
5. Fortran: What is it, and what's the difference between F90 and F77?
• Slides
• Examples of coding standards (1, 2, 3)
• Recommended F90 references (1, 2, 3)

Other tips and tricks

1. Giving presentations using VNC (summary sheet)
2. Some tips if moving from Linux to OSX (summary sheet)