Introduction

Teaching: 15 min 
Exercises: 0 min

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• CUL MWG Blurb
• Audience Introductions / Comfort Level
• Curriculum location and parts of it will be self-directed.
• We want to stay informal, so please let us know if you need help
• This is a Bootcamp, so it won't go in depth. We just want to help you get acclimated to these technologies.
• Use your Google-fu skills wisely.
• Please be patient with yourself + others. Hacker School Rules.

Part 1: Jargon Busting

Teaching: 15 min 
Exercises: 30 min

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• As a full group, make a big list of all the problem terms, phrases, and ideas that come up.
• Taking common words as a starting point, work together to try to explain what a term, phrase, or idea means.
• What will we cover today? What can we cover in a future MWG meeting?

Part 3: Data Modeling Foundations

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The crucial bit for our purposes, however, is the file naming convention you choose. The name of a file is important to ensuring it and its contents are easy to identify. ‘Data.xslx’ doesn’t fulfil this purpose. A title that describes the data does. And adding dating convention to the file name, associating derived data with base data through file names, and using directory structures to aid comprehension strengthens those connection.

Key Points

• data structures should be consistent and predictable
• consider using semantic elements or data identifiers to data directories
• fit and adapt your data structure to your work
• apply naming conventions to directories and file names to identify them, to create associations between data elements, and to assist with the long term readability and comprehension of your data structures

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• structures 

Regular Expressions

Introduction to Data - Handout and Quiz

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