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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	1	Welcome to the GovHack toolkit. This page provides all the information you need to prepare hackfest entries.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	2	These tools can be used to make entries like: mobile apps, web apps, data visualisations/infographics
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	3
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		5	# General Data Hacking and Programming References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	6	## The basics of being a data scientist
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	8	* Have a hypothesis � even if you’re making a tool/api that helps people with their questions too, remember what the objective of that is.
		9	* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	10	* Analyse and present results � were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out? Can present as a interactive data visualisation or a web/mobile application or just a infographic/motion graphics video that tells a story.
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	11	Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	12
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	13
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	14	[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f-300x199.gif "Data Journalism Diagram")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f.gif)</dt>
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	15	Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd>
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	16
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	17
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	18	The best high level reference is the �Understanding Data� and �Delivering Data� chapters of the Data Journalism Handbook which is available online for free at
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	19
		20	[datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/)
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2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	22	You can learn the technical skills from scratch in Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics by Nathan Yau or for more advanced
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		24	practical advice check out Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	26	For further reading in this space
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		28	[http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/](http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/)
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	29
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	30
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	31	Statistics
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	33	[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
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		35	Programming
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		37	Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
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		39	Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn
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		41	interactively with websites like [http://www.codecademy.com/](http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0\. for JavaScript or [http://www.learnpython.org/ ](http://www.learnpython.org/)or [http://tryruby.org](http://tryruby.org/)
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	43	[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript) &#8211\. especially for web applications and visualisations, you’ll need a basic understanding of JS. Common libraries like prototype or jQuery can help
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		45	Accessibility/User Experience
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	46
		47	WCAG guidelines not only make a web app accessible but make it a better experience for all users! Even if not making an app, good to consider these things to do and not do: [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/)
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		49	## Who can be a hack day participant
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	50	- roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	51
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	52	## Definitions
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	53	- definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data bis UCX etc.
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	56	## key datasets
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	57	- key datasets, directory.gov.au gazetter/AEC electorates/suburbs/postcodes/LGAs
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		59	## examples
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	60
		61	## The Open Budget
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	62
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	63	## WeatherTree weather API
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	64
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	65	## PlanningAlerts
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	66
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	67	[![Planning Alerts Screenshot](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1-300x221.png "Planning Alerts Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1.png)Description: Planning Alerts takes data from local government development applications and sends alerts to users based on what applications are lodged in their area.
2013-04-11 23:34:16	Maxious	68
		69	Programming Language: Ruby
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	70
2013-04-11 23:34:16	Maxious	71	Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	73	Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	75	## LobbyLens
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	76
		77	[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium-300x180.png "LobbyLens screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium.png)
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		79	Description: Displays connections between government contracts, business details, politician responsibilities, lobbyists, clients of lobbyists, political donors and the location of these entities.
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2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	81	Programing Language: PHP
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	83	Source Control: SVN (Subversion)
2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	84
		85	Issue Tracking: A whiteboard
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	86
		87	## Bus.lambdacomplex.org
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		89	[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae-300x253.jpg "Bus.lambda screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae.jpg)
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		91	Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner.
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		93	Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
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		95	Source Control: Git
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		97	Issue Tracking: Github
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		100	## Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer}
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	101
		102	server admin / technical tools
		103	many projects will require some kind of internet presence, webpage etc.
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	104	- css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
		105	video tools, youtube video editor/slideshow, FOSS video editing tools
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	106	- http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/
		107	- amon
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		109	### Source Control &#8211\. Git / Subversion
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		111	[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-at-2012-04-29-172132-300x235.png "Git Screenshot")](http://progit.org/book/)
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		113	[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/)
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		115	[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/)
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		117	[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/)
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		119	[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	120
		121	### Task Tracking -
2013-04-05 12:04:13	Maxious	122
2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	123	Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do.
2013-04-05 12:04:13	Maxious	124
		125	[Trello](https://trello.com/) and [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com/) are free, lightweight project management tools suitable for a rapid project!
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		127	## Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools}
2013-03-30 07:15:22	maxious	128
2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	129	Can get many tools (source control, issue tracking) combined into one service cloud hosted so no setup required.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	130
2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	131	### Github
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	132	Git obviously but svn/hg interfaces are possible. Provide their own GUI for Windows/OSX or use the variety of Git capable tools
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	133
		134	### Sourceforge
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	135
2013-02-27 10:12:02	Alex Sadleir	136	Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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		138	You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
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		140	### Google Code Project Hosting
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	141
		142	Git, Mercurial, and Subversion code. Issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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		144	You can host your Google Code project and get access to developer tools, APIs and documentation at [http://code.google.com/](http://code.google.com/)
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	147
		148	# API Development {#api-development}
2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	149
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		151	So an API isn’t just an XML file ![;)](http://www.govhack.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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		153	A good web based data API:
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	154
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	155	* Is logically organised
2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	156	* Can filter returned data