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Office Hours
Office hours will start on Tuesday, September 5th.
See here for up-to-date office hours and locations offered by instructors, GTAs, and UTAs.
Technical Documentation
Getting Started with Gradiance
Submitting Non-Gradiance Work
Course containers (computing infrastructure):
- Start here to set up your course computing infrastructure! The course staff supports the following options:
- Use Docker (requires Duke NetID authentication): This option is recommended if you prefer to work on your personal laptop. Here, the only software you need to install is Docker. The entire course computing infrastructure will run as “containers” on your laptop, which you will have access any time, even without an Internet connection.
- Use Duke OIT-managed containers: This option is available to everybody. Here, the containers run remotely on Duke OIT servers. You don’t need to install anything on your computer, and you can work on your containers from any computer with a web browser. However, you won’t be able to work offline without an Internet connection.
- Once you have created your containers, there are just a few more steps to personalize it and ready it for the course. Follow these instructions (requires Duke NetID authentication).
- Next, we highly recommend that you follow instructions to set up Visual Studio Code to work with your containers. This setup is especially useful for remote Duke containers.
- It may be helpful to look over some Linux Basics.
Relational data:
Semi-structured data:
“Big” data:
Web/mobile application development:
- Skeleton codebase for the standard Mini-Amazon option of the course project (under construction).
- Flask/Python Tips
- Duke OIT offers a wealth of relevant Roots courses/tutorials/workshops, e.g., Build Your First iPhone or iPad App, Making Your Website Interactive, Intro to React.js, Introduction to Linux, etc. Advance registration required.
- Duke Co-Lab offers office hours on full-stack web development
Additional Help
Both your academics and your health and wellness are of primary importance at Duke, and the university offers additional resources to help you both academically and in managing your daily stress and self-care:
- The Academic Resource Center (ARC) offers services to support students academically during their undergraduate careers at Duke. The ARC can provide support with time management, academic skills and strategies, unique learning styles, peer tutoring, learning consultations, learning communities, and more. ARC services are available free to any Duke undergraduate student, in any year, studying in any discipline. (919) 684-5917, theARC@duke.edu.
- DuWell: (919) 681-8421, duwell@studentaffairs.duke.edu.
Specifically, if your mental health concerns and/or stressful events negatively affect your daily emotional state, academic performance, or ability to participate in your daily activities, many resources are available to help you through difficult times. Duke encourages all students to access these resources:
- DukeReach Provides comprehensive outreach services to identify and support students in managing all aspects of well-being.
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) include individual, group, and couples counseling services, health coaching, psychiatric services, and workshops and discussions. (919) 660-1000.
- Blue Devils Care is a convenient and cost-effective way for Duke students to receive 24/7 mental health support through TalkNow and scheduled counseling.
- Two-Click Support is a Duke Student Government and DukeReach partnership that connects students to help in just two clicks.
