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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
		4	# How to register and submit your entry
		5	## registering your team
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	6	how to use website "Hacker Space" to register and find teams etc.
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	7
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	8	## preparing your submission
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	10	record a 3 minute speech and mix images/text to accompany
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	11	http://www.screenr.com/ and other screencasting tools allow you to demo apps.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	12	youtube video editor http://www.youtube.com/editor
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	13	or local software like http://www.videolan.org/vlmc/ or http://www.lwks.com/
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	14
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	15	you also need to submit your "source material". For an application this may be source code, for another work it might be your notes or prototypes.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	16	The key thing here is that your source material demonstrates to the judges that some of the end result was your own work and that it is possible for another person to replicate that work.
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	17
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	18
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	19	# General References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
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		21	## Who can be a hack day participant
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	22	- roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	24	## Definitions
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	25	- definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data vis UX etc.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	26
		27	## The basics of being a data scientist
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	28
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	29	* 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.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	30	* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
		31	* Analyse and present results - were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out?
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	32	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	33
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	34
		35	[![](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>
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	36	Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd>
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	37
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		39	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
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		41	[datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/)
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		43	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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		45	practical advice check out Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	46
		47	For further reading in this space
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	49	[http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/](http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/)
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		52	Statistics
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	53
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	54	[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	55
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	56	Programming
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		58	Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	59	Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	60
		61	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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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	63	[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript) - 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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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	65	Accessibility/User Experience
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	66
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	67	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/)
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	68
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	69
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	70
		71	## examples
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		73	## The Open Budget
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		75	## WeatherTree weather API
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		77	## PlanningAlerts
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	79	[![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.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	80
		81	Programming Language: Ruby
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		83	Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
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2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	85	Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	87	## LobbyLens
2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	88
		89	[![](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)
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	90
		91	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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		93	Programing Language: PHP
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		95	Source Control: SVN (Subversion)
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		97	Issue Tracking: A whiteboard
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		99	## Bus.lambdacomplex.org
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		101	[![](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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		103	Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner.
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	105	Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
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		107	Source Control: Git
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	108
		109	Issue Tracking: Github
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	110
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		112	## Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer}
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		114	server admin / technical tools
		115	many projects will require some kind of internet presence, webpage etc.
		116	- css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
		117	- css gauges http://www.larentis.eu/donuts/
		118	- bootstrap themes, web fonts, css sprites, icon fonts
		119	- http://designmodo.com/flat-free/ http://designmodo.github.com/Flat-UI/
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		121	- http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/
		122	- amon
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2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	124	### Source Control
		125	Git / Subversion
2013-04-05 12:04:13	Maxious	126
2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	127	[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-at-2012-04-29-172132-300x235.png "Git Screenshot")](http://progit.org/book/)
2013-04-05 12:04:13	Maxious	128
		129	[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/)
2013-04-11 12:42:26	maxious	130
2013-04-05 12:04:13	Maxious	131	[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/)
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2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	133	[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/)
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	134
2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	135	[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	136
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	137	### Task Tracking -
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	139	Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do.
2013-02-27 10:12:02	Alex Sadleir	140
		141	[Trello](https://trello.com/) and [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com/) are free, lightweight project management tools suitable for a rapid project!
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		143	## Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools}
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	145	Can get many tools (source control, issue tracking) combined into one service cloud hosted so no setup required.
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		147	### Github
		148	Git obviously but svn/hg interfaces are possible. Provide their own GUI for Windows/OSX or use the variety of Git capable tools
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		150	### Sourceforge
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	151
		152	Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	153
		154	You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
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2013-04-11 12:42:26	maxious	156	### Google Code Project Hosting
2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	157