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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
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	3
		4	# How to register and submit your entry
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	5	## registering your team
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	6	how to use website "Hacker Space" to register and find teams etc.
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	7
		8	## preparing your submission
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	9
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	10	record a 3 minute speech and mix images/text to accompany
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	11	http://www.screenr.com/ and other screencasting tools allow you to demo apps.
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	12	youtube video editor http://www.youtube.com/editor
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	13	or local software like http://www.videolan.org/vlmc/ or http://www.lwks.com/
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	14
2013-03-07 22:18:14	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.
2013-03-21 11:02:25	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.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	17
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	18
		19	# General References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
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2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	21	## Who can be a hack day participant
		22	- roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
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		24	## Definitions
		25	- definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data vis UX etc.
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		27	## The basics of being a data scientist
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	28
		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.
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	30	* 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	31	* Analyse and present results - were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out?
2013-03-07 22:18:14	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.
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	34
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	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>
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	36	Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd>
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	38
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	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
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		47	For further reading in this space
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		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
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		54	[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	55
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	56	Programming
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	57
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	58	Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
		59	Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn
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		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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		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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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	65	Accessibility/User Experience
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	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/)
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	68
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	70
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	71	## examples
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	72
		73	## The Open Budget
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		75	## WeatherTree weather API
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		77	## PlanningAlerts
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		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.
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		81	Programming Language: Ruby
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		83	Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
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		85	Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
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2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	87	## LobbyLens
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		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)
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		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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		105	Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	106
		107	Source Control: Git
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2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	109	Issue Tracking: Github
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	111
		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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		124	### Source Control
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	125	Git / Subversion
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2013-02-28 04:29:45	Maxious	127	[![](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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		129	[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/)
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		131	[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/)
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		133	[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/)
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		135	[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	136
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	137	### Task Tracking -
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	138
		139	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	140
2013-02-27 10:12:02	Alex Sadleir	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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		145	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	146
		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
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	152	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	154	You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
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		156	### Google Code Project Hosting
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		158	Git, Mercurial, and Subversion code. Issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	159
		160	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/)
2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	161
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	163
		164	# API Development {#api-development}
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		167	So an API isn't just an XML file ![;)](http://www.govhack.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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		169	A good web based data API:
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		171	* Is logically organised
		172	* Can filter returned data
		173	* Can return results in different open formats (CSV/JSON etc.)