# Welcome on-line!

```{admonition} Course punchline
- Move from being a Linux novice to an UPPMAX expert. 
```

```{admonition} Course aim
- UPPMAX application experts want to share their skills in a 4-day series of lectures. 
- If you already have the fundamentals down, you are still sure to enjoy the tips and tricks in the later parts of the course. 
- Hence we've made it possible to sign up only for the days that are interesting to you.

```{admonition} Learning outcomes
   - Get overview of UPPMAX and NAISS
   - Work with your files in a LINUX environment
   - Learn to use the UPPMAX resources in a good way
   - Learn the basics in the Python programming language
```

## Lesson material
- First day will be on this [github website](https://uppmax.github.io/uppmax_intro/overview.html) <https://uppmax.github.io/uppmax_intro/index.html>
- All other days each topic has its own Module in [Studium/Canvas](https://uppsala.instructure.com/courses/67267)
- Material for the different days can also be reached directly by links at <https://www.uppmax.uu.se/support/courses-and-workshops/introductory-course-summer-2022/>

## Questions

### Questions very much related to the present talk during the lessons 
- Online chat or raise hand

### Questions requiring more effort to explain or answer 
- Use the HackMD session below:
  - [https://hackmd.io/@dianai/uppmax-intro](https://hackmd.io/VN85GrBbTb22izq5856kVg?both)

## Exercises
- Exercises may be solved individually or in small groups in breakout rooms for online students.

## Type along
- You will be able to follow along using the built-in terminals in all OS:s.
  - Linux/Mac Terminal
  - Windows: Powershell or command prompt
- For your day-to-day work you may benefit from other applications, see the [Login session](https://uppmax.github.io/uppmax_intro/login2.html)


## Example of arrangement for your screen(s)!
First screen or first half of screen
- ZOOM view
  - presentation
  - terminal from teacher

Second screen or second half of screen
- your web browser for copy-pasting
- your own terminal

(zoom chat + HackMD)

## Lesson Modules
### Linux I at 9-12 Monday
- Overview
- Logging in to UPPMAX
- Linux basics
- Using the command line

### Intro to UPPMAX 13-16 Monday
- Organisation
- HPC computing
- SNIC
- Bianca cluster
- Using software and tools
- Submitting jobs to calculation nodes (intro)

### Linux II 9-12 Tuesday
- Using the command line level 2
- Input, output and pipes
- Wildcards
- The find command
- Links
### Linux III 13-16 Tuesday
- The grep command
- Using the command line level 3
- Variables, parameters and $(...)
- Filenames
### Bash Scripts 9-12 Wednesday
- Bash scripting, why's and basics
- Parameters
- The IF statement
- File tests
- FOR and WHILE loops
- Background processes and job control
### Slurm at UPPMAX 13-16 Wednesday
- A workload manager
- Queuing
- Monitoring
- in queue
- while running
- when finished
- Job testing within the interactive or "devel" mode
- Scripting
### Python I 9-12 Thursday
- Introduction
- Basics
- Data types
- Control structures
- Writing and executing a program
### Python II 13-16 Thursday
- Creating a program
- Functions


## Icebreaker in HackMD
- [https://hackmd.io/@dianai/uppmax-intro](https://hackmd.io/VN85GrBbTb22izq5856kVg?both)