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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