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Stanford University has launched a series of 10 free, online computer science (CS) and electrical engineering courses. The courses span an introduction to computer science and an introduction to artificial intelligence and robotics, among other topics.

Tcsh, an enhancement of the original Berkeley UNIX C shell, is one of the most popular UNIX shells. This article looks at some of the power that tcsh brings to the table: it provides shell variables that make several regular tasks less time consuming, and it also brings in advanced security features like monitoring of users and their command histories.

O'Reilly has updated its guide to Building Embedded Linux Systems by Karim Yaghmour. In the 462-page Second Edition, Yaghmour is joined by new co-authors Gilad Ben-Yossef and Jonathan Masters in updating this "in-depth, hard-core guide to putting together embedded systems based on Linux," says O'Reilly.

90% of what I do as a designer is to try and understand problems and solve them. There are several research and design methods I use as a designer which can be simplified and modified in a way that developers can use them as well. In my workshop session, I gave developers several participatory and non-participatory methods they could use to help make more usable software.

Since the 70’s, Vi is one of the programmer’s best friend. Nevermind you’re new to Vi or not, here’s a big list of 100 useful commands, organized by topic, which will make your coder life better.

This is a great walkthrough that teaches about REST and RESTful architecture. This article is easy to follow and is accompanied by a couple videos.