Fab Academy AS220 Resources Page:
Work in Progress: Tutorials, notes, etc. will be added as the Fab Academy coursework progresses:
Version Control: Mercurial (updated 03.07.2011)
Mercurial Troubleshooting Tutorials
http://academy.cba.mit.edu/tutorials/mercurial/
HTML / CSS Workshop Materials (updated 01.31.2011)
Downloads
1. HTML Basics (BEGIN HERE)
Tutorial - Download HTML Basics Slides [PDF]
2. Download Personal Web Page Templates (you customize these in the HTML Basics tutorial)
Download Templates [.zip file]
3. Using a SFTP Client - FileZilla (read after completing HTML Basics)
Tutorial - Download FileZilla Slides [PDF]
4. Validating Your Code (use to check your HTML code for markup errors, great for troubleshooting)
W3C Validator [external link]
Web Templates In Action
View Left-Hand Navagation Template
View Right-Hand Navigation Template
HTML / CSS Editors
Kompozer - WYSIWYG Open Source Editor with CSS Support (All Platforms)
http://www.kompozer.net/download.php
Text Wrangler - Text / HTML Editor - Code Only (Mac)
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/download.html
Bluefish - Text / HTML Editor - Code Only (All Platforms)
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/download.html
Fab Academy Links
Start Pages For Fab Information:
http://academy.cba.mit.edu
Fab Inventory:
http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html
Main Directory For AS220 Student Webpages and Resources:
http://as220.org/~fabacademy/2011/
Platforms:
Arduino --> microcontroller platform
Package Managers (Mac):
Macports --> Mac package manager
Crosspack AVR
2D & 3D Modeling Software Download Pages:
Inkscape --> for creating 2D SVG files (scalable vector graphics)
QCad --> can print to laser and vinyl cutters
thingaverse.com --> a place to look at 3D models that others have done, can download for 3D printing.
Meshlab --> 3D modeling, also good for cleaning up 3D models that were done in other programs
Blender --> 3D modeling
Sketchup --> 3D modeling --> easiest for a beginner (ex/ can model box - export as .svg)
File Formats we discussed:
DXF
SVG
STL