This workshop will be focused on teaching you the things that 216 doesn't. While 216 focuses on writing C code, we will teach you the tools to develop effectively in a Linux environment. We will start from the very basics and work our way through a number of topics, including general navigation and filesystem actions, debugging, the shell, text editors, text processing, automation with scripting, and version control systems. This workshop will teach you tools that will greatly improve your efficiency when coding. Rather than be the programmer whose code crashes mysteriously and who can't figure out why, you'll be the programmer who can use tools to find exactly at what line it crashed. Instead of being the programmer who thinks he or she passed the public tests from looking at the outputs, you'll be the programmer who can find the 1-character difference in outputs with a single command. These tools will save you hours of frustration and confusion, and taking this workshop will make you much more effective at programming in any class, not just 216.
It should be emphasized that this is not a mandatory class; it is a workshop intended to be helpful to you. Attending the workshop and doing the exercises are recommended, but completely optional. Feel free to contact the instructor with questions.