Introduction to dotfiles

[chao1995]

Key points:

1. Why do you need dotfiles?
2. What dotfiles can do for you?
3. How to test your dotfiles?

rehearsal Slides: https://chao1995.github.io/slides/dotfiles/#/

final slides: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4wOfESqXAfGT2JrdDlPTzk2MWc

PUMA

1. Audience: CS3281/2 students

2. Objective: help the audience understand what is dotfiles and how dotfiles can help them backup their important system configurations.

3. Do: Start making dotfiles to back up their system configurations.

4. Believe: Dotfiles is a lovely, efficient and effective way to backup your system configurations.

5. Know: what are dotfiles, and how to create dotfiles.

6. call to action: let's start making dotfiles!

7. key points:

   1. (what) dotfiles are called so because their filename usually start with a dot.
   2. (why) dotfiles are powerful. it's an effective and efficient way to back up your system
   3. (how) start creating your dotfiles is easy with the help from others

8. content:

   1. dotfiles are called so because their filename usually start with a dot.
      1. they are just configuration files of your machine/softwares
   2. why dotfiles?
      1. they are powerful. they configure your systems/software to your own taste.
      2. they serve as a backup of your system.
   3. start creating your dotfiles is easy with the help from others
      1. you can simply fork from other most-starred repo on github and tweak from there
      2. you can test your dotfiles free on Travis

9. Promise:

   1. what is dotfiles
   2. why do we use dotfiles?
   3. how to create your own dotfiles?

10. WIIFY: You will never be afraid of losing your important configuration files anymore. No more homesick!

11. PUNCH: a thought experiment involving the audience's computer and make them think they actually have something not backed up yet.

12. Topic: dotfiles.