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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	TODO 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	You should 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	To mix together clips, you can use youtube video editor http://www.youtube.com/editor or local software like http://www.videolan.org/vlmc/ or http://www.lwks.com/
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	13
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	14	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.
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	15	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.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	16
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	17
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	18	# General References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	19
		20	## Who can be a hack day participant
		21	- roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	22
		23	## Definitions
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	24	- definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data vis UX etc.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	25
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	26	## The basics of being a data scientist
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	28	* 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.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	29	* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	30	* Analyse and present results - were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out?
		31	Can present as a interactive data visualisation or a web/mobile application or just a infographic/motion graphics video that tells a story.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	32
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	33
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	34	[![](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>
		35	Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd>
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	36
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	37
		38	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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		40	[datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/)
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		42	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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		44	practical advice check out Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	46	For further reading in this space
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		48	[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	49
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		51	Statistics
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	53	[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	54
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	55	Programming
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	56
		57	Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
		58	Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	59
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	60	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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		62	[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
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	63
		64	Accessibility/User Experience
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	65
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	66	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/)
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	67
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	## examples
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		72	## The Open Budget
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		74	## WeatherTree weather API
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		76	## PlanningAlerts
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		78	[![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.
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	79
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	80	Programming Language: Ruby
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		82	Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
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		84	Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	85
		86	## LobbyLens
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	87
2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	88	[![](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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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	90	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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		92	Programing Language: PHP
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		94	Source Control: SVN (Subversion)
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		96	Issue Tracking: A whiteboard
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		98	## bus.lambdacomplex.org
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		100	[![](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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		102	Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner.
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		104	Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	105
		106	Source Control: Git
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2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	108	Issue Tracking: Github
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	110
		111	## Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer}
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		113	server admin / technical tools
		114	many projects will require some kind of internet presence, webpage etc.
		115	- css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
		116	- css gauges http://www.larentis.eu/donuts/
		117	- bootstrap themes, web fonts, css sprites, icon fonts
		118	- http://designmodo.com/flat-free/ http://designmodo.github.com/Flat-UI/
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		120	- http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/
		121	- amon
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		123	### Source Control
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	124	Git / Subversion
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2013-04-05 12:04:13	Maxious	126	[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-at-2012-04-29-172132-300x235.png "Git Screenshot")](http://progit.org/book/)
2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	127
2013-04-05 12:04:13	Maxious	128	[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/)
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2013-04-11 12:42:26	maxious	130	[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/)
2013-04-05 12:04:13	Maxious	131
		132	[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/)
2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	133
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	134	[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
2013-04-01 08:05:26	Alex Sadleir	135
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	136	### Task Tracking -
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	137
		138	Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do.
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	139
2013-02-27 10:12:02	Alex Sadleir	140	[Trello](https://trello.com/) and [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com/) are free, lightweight project management tools suitable for a rapid project!
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		142	## Hosted Developer Tools {#hosted-developer-tools}
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		144	Can get many tools (source control, issue tracking) combined into one service cloud hosted so no setup required.
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	145
		146	### Github
		147	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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		149	### Sourceforge
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	151	Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	153	You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
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		155	### Google Code Project Hosting
2013-04-11 12:42:26	maxious	156
2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	157	Git, Mercurial, and Subversion code. Issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.