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Damn the Torpedoes (but I could use some help navigating)

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Despite my own calculations (which were optimistic to begin with, and are more so now that I have a new job), I'm going to try to turn Software Carpentry into a book. Here's what's I'm planning to include, and its presesnt status; I would be very grateful for feedback, especially from alumni, about what doesn't need to be here, and what's missing. I think I'm still overshooting the knowledge and needs of far too many people; if you think so too, please let me know.

Status codes:donepartialundone
Total129623
The Shell12709
Databases9778
Regular Expressions7987
Performance7590
Sets and Dictionaries7566
Software Engineering6378
Matrix Programming6232
Make5389
Phylogenetic Tree Example1652
Invasion Percolation Example1276
Spreadsheets3893
Configuring Programs2126
Tracking Provenance1786
Version Control6569
Persistence5978
XML5957
Functions and Libraries5335
Testing4501
Images and Sound3720
Web Programming3372
Data Types and Data Management2823
Parallel Programming905
Security318
Lists, Loops, and Conditionals79
Systems Programming45
Objects and Classes45
Building GUIs24