DPI-691M: Programming and Data for Policymakers

Instructor: Dhrumil Mehta - January 2018

Welcome to DPI-691M - Programming and Data for Policymakers

• Description: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/courses/programming-and-data-policymakers
• Syllabus: https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/39867/files/4914187
• Slack: https://code4policy.slack.com
• Trello: https://trello.com/hkstech

Day 0

like any good programmer, we start our counting with 0...

file	description
syllabus.pdf	Syllabus
precoursework.md	Pre-work
windows.md	Special instructions for Windows users.
setup.md	Setup

Day 1

file	description
welcome.md	Introduction
agilescrum.md	Agile & Scrum
commandline	Command Line and Unix

Homework

file	description
agilescrumreading.md	Agile Reading
projectplanning.md	Project Planning Guide
Project Group Form	Project Group Form
Commandline Homework	Command Line Homework
Try Git	Get a Taste of Git

Day 2

file	description
day2.md	Getting Started
git	Intro to Git & GitHub
---	Project Sprint 1 Planning

Homework

file	description
weekend-note-1.md	A note about the weekend.
Project	Sprint 1 + Daily Scrum Meetings
http://jsforcats.com/	JavaScript For Cats
functions.md	Functions Homework (Python & JavaScript)
opensource.md	Open Source Readings

Day 3

file	description
day3.md	Getting Started
---	Guest: Visualizing Data (Julia Wolfe)
git	Forking
web	Front-end development
---	Guest: Agile/Scrum (Leah Bannon & Eric Mill)
day3.md	Sprint Planning

Homework

file	description
apireadings.md	API Readings
---	Review CodeCademy Lesson 5: Lists and Dictionaries
---	Select a Visualization

FINAL PROJECT

file	description
projectplanning.md	Planning Document