Welcome to the NHERI-SimCenter 2020 Programming Bootcamp

For the past few years, this bootcamp was offered as a week-long intensive workshop at the University of California Richmond Field Station. Due to covid-19, this year’s offering will be solely online. The format will be two weeks of three (3) hours of online lectures and exercises via zoom, followed by daily self-study homework assignments. Every morning, office hours are held for one (1) hour before the actual meetings.

Note

Course material is available through the NHERI-SimCenter/SimCenterBootcamp2020 repository on https://github.com

You will need your own GitHub account to participate in our exercises.

Contents:

• Syllabus
  • Python - Dec 14-18, 2020
  • Introduction to C - Jan 4-8, 2021
• Setup Instructions
  • Windows Computer
    • Fork the SimCenter Code Repository
    • Install Git
    • Install Python on Windows
  • MacOS Computer
    • Fork the SimCenter Code Repository
    • Install Git
    • Install Python on a Mac
  • Known installation issues
    • Windows
    • MacOS
• Self-Study Videos
  • General Topics
    • Setup
    • Git
    • Emacs Editor
  • Python Quickstart Tutorial
    • Outline
    • Chapter 1: Basic data types and operations
    • Chapter 2: Matrix data types
    • Chapter 3: Plotting
    • Chapter 4: File IO
    • Chapter 5: Object oriented programming
    • Chapter 6: Modules and subprocess
  • Python Applications
    • Chapter 7: Machine learning (AI)
    • Chapter 10: Web scrabbing
  • Programming in C
    • Computers, Programs and Applications
    • Introduction to C and Compilation
    • C Variable Types and Variable Names
    • C Operations, Conditionals and Loops
    • C Functions
    • C Pointers Revisited
    • C Arrays and Memory Management
    • C File I/O
    • C Struts, Data Structures and Abstraction
    • C++ Abstraction and OOP
    • C++ Language
    • C++ Class Example
    • Parallel Computers and Parallel Programming
    • Parallel Programming With MPI
    • Parallel Programming With OpenMP
    • Intoduction to Agave
    • Agave Systems
    • Agave Files
    • Agave Apps
    • Agave Jobs
• Assignments
  • Python: Assignments Day 1
    • Self-study portion for day 1 (ahead of class)
    • Live exercises (in class)
    • Practice problems (after class)
    • Self-study portion for day 2 (watch before tomorrow’s class)
  • Python: Assignments Day 2
    • Self-study portion for day 2 (ahead of class)
    • Live exercises (in class)
    • Practice problems (after class)
    • Self-study portion for day 3 (watch before tomorrow’s class)
  • Python: Assignments Day 3
    • Self-study portion for day 3 (ahead of class)
    • Live exercises (in class)
    • Practice problems (after class)
    • Self-study portion for day 4 (watch before tomorrow’s class)
  • Python: Assignments Day 4
    • Self-study portion for day 4 (ahead of class)
    • Live exercises (in class)
    • Practice problems (after class)
    • Self-study portion for day 5 (watch before tomorrow’s class)
  • Python: Assignments Day 5
    • Self-study portion for day 5 (ahead of class)
    • Live exercises (in class)
    • Practice problems (after class)
  • C: Assignment to Test Setup
  • C Variables and Functions
    • Problem 1: Solve the Quadratic
    • Problem 2: Stress Transformations
  • C: Day 2 In Class Exercises
    • Problem 1: Reviewing the stress transformation problem
    • Problem 2: Using structures
  • C++ Exercises
    • Problem 1: Adding a ColoredShape
    • Problem 2: An engineering Vector Class requires you to finish off
  • C: Parallel Programming
    • Problem 1: Parallelize using MPI
    • Problem 2: Parallelize using OpenMP
  • C: Tapis-cli
    • Step 1: Setting Up an Execution System
    • Step 2: Exploring File System Commands
    • Step 3: Build a Tapis app
    • Step 4: Submitting a Job
    • Step 5: Allowing Others to Use your App
• TACC-Frontera
  • Accessing the system
  • Transferring files between your system and TACC
  • Basic Linux Commands
  • Building and Running an Application
  • Alternative Access via Browser
  • Setup for the TAPIS and Creating an App session
• Git
  • Creating a Repo
  • Using Your Local Repo
  • Working With Your Remote Repo
  • Synching your Fork with Original
• Emacs
• Questions, Issues
• Additional Resources