As announced earlier, although we had to remove XQuery from our syllabus because we lost a week of instruction, for the benefit of those who would nonetheless like to learn it, we are running an optional XQuery Sunday School for the next three Sundays at 1:00. The course synopsis, which currently includes the lesson plan for the first meeting, is available online at https://github.com/obdurodon/dh_course/blob/master/xquery-sunday-school/xquery-sunday-school.md.
The first meeting will be tomorrow, Sunday, March 29 from 1:00–1:50 at our usual Zoom address for class meetings (see the CourseWeb announcement for the link and meeting ID). If you would like to participate, please install the eXist-db XML database before class, which you can do by downloading and running the appropriate (MacOS or Windows) installer from https://bintray.com/existdb/releases/exist/5.2.0/view. MacOS users should download the “dmg” file; Windows users should download the “win.zip” file. If you have any problems with the installation, don’t worry about it; the instructors will stay around to troubleshoot it with you tomorrow after class.
If you don’t already have Java installed, eXist-db should prompt you to install it. If that happens it may take you to a Java download page, and if not, you’ll find a suitable version of Java at https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-jre8-downloads.html. MacOS users should use the “dmg” file; Windows users should select the “Windows x64" version (filename jre-8u241-windows-x64.exe). If you are not prompted by the eXist-db installer to install Java, Java is probably already installed.
Participation in the XQuery Sunday School is optional, but if you have the time and curiosity, we hope you’ll check it out. There will be no homework (there are practice exercises, but you don’t have to turn them in, and we’ve already posted the solutions) and no test.
As announced earlier, although we had to remove XQuery from our syllabus because we lost a week of instruction, for the benefit of those who would nonetheless like to learn it, we are running an optional XQuery Sunday School for the next three Sundays at 1:00. The course synopsis, which currently includes the lesson plan for the first meeting, is available online at https://github.com/obdurodon/dh_course/blob/master/xquery-sunday-school/xquery-sunday-school.md.
The first meeting will be tomorrow, Sunday, March 29 from 1:00–1:50 at our usual Zoom address for class meetings (see the CourseWeb announcement for the link and meeting ID). If you would like to participate, please install the eXist-db XML database before class, which you can do by downloading and running the appropriate (MacOS or Windows) installer from https://bintray.com/existdb/releases/exist/5.2.0/view. MacOS users should download the “dmg” file; Windows users should download the “win.zip” file. If you have any problems with the installation, don’t worry about it; the instructors will stay around to troubleshoot it with you tomorrow after class.
If you don’t already have Java installed, eXist-db should prompt you to install it. If that happens it may take you to a Java download page, and if not, you’ll find a suitable version of Java at https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-jre8-downloads.html. MacOS users should use the “dmg” file; Windows users should select the “Windows x64" version (filename jre-8u241-windows-x64.exe). If you are not prompted by the eXist-db installer to install Java, Java is probably already installed.
Participation in the XQuery Sunday School is optional, but if you have the time and curiosity, we hope you’ll check it out. There will be no homework (there are practice exercises, but you don’t have to turn them in, and we’ve already posted the solutions) and no test.