Tips/Resources

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Tips for Studying

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Your Missing Semester of Computer Science Education (courses on how to master the command-line, use a powerful text editor, use fancy features of version control systems, and much more).
- Lecture Overview 2026 (see here for our local copy).
- Lecture Overview 2020 (see here for our local copy).
- Lecture series also available on YouTube.

Usertools FB3 to manage ssh keys, check your account affiliation with FB3, University services (Overleaf CEP, Nextcloud, Mattermost, StudIP,...), etc.
Onlinetools ZfN to check your account information at the University of Bremen, manage groups, mail aliases, ...
SSH login on many Linux/Unix computers at the CS department; also, it shows you how to set up public key authentication.
Services provided by FB3 IT.

Python (a simple, high-level language used a lot for scripting and very common in ML, AI, and data analysis; Godot's GDScript is also quite similar to Python)
- Tutorials that can be done in the browser (to a large extent):
  - futurecoder.io (free, open-source, and highly interactive course to learn Python from scratch)
  - learn-python.adamemery.dev
  - Python Tutorial from Jetbrains (a company that makes software tools for programmers. Helps you write, test, and manage code more easily).
- Build tools & package manager:
  - pip (Python's package manager)
  - pipenv (creates and manages per project virtual environments)
  - uv (modern, fast replacement for pipenv)
C++ (high performance programming language used frequently in game & graphics programming, e.g. Unreal Engine or Godot)
- Tutorials, that can to a large part be done in the browser:
  - CPlusPlus (very extensive)
  - LearnCPP (very extensive)
  - W3
- Build tools:
  - CMake (a common cross-platform build system for C++-projects)
  - There are many more, but Meson is another popular build system for C++-projects.
CUDA (NVidia's C/C++ language extension to write massively parallel algorithms for their GPUs)
- CUDA Programming Guide
- A Very Lengthy CUDA Youtube Tutorial
C# (common object oriented programming language used by e.g. Unity or Godot)
- FreeCodeCamp (YouTube) - C# Tutorial – Full course for beginners covering all the basics.
- C# Language Reference

Unreal Engine (popular high-end game engine, with lots of features and a very sophisticated rendering engine; allows graphical scripting with so-called blue-prints and normal scripting with C++)
GODOT (growing open-source game engine; very lightweight, customizable, and beginner friendly; allows scripting in GDScript, C#, and C++)
Unity (popular game engine, especially among Indie-developers; allows scripting in C# & C++)

Learning Git (Git is a tool that lets you track, save, and compare changes to files)
- Gitlab at the CS dept. and learn GitLab with tutorials.
- Brief Git / VCS rundown: agripongit.vincenttunru.com
- Interactive Learning Tool: learngitbranching.js.org
Learning the Unix shell with Games / Tutorials
- Terminus (browser based)
- Bash Crawl
Docker (Docker is a way to run software in small, isolated environments called containers)
Learning SQL (SQL is the dominant language used to query databases)
- SQL Bolt, Interactive Tutorial
CI/CD (CI/CD is a way to automate building, testing, and delivering software)
- Atlassian - What is CI/CD?
- GitLab CI/CD Tutorial
Virtual Machines for projects whose requirements cannot be met by the existing IT services. Done by emulating a real computer with software.