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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/
2013-05-07 23:32:34	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.
2013-05-24 01:28:05	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
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	18
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	19	# General References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	20
		21	## Who can be a hack day participant
2013-04-28 09:46:26	Alex Sadleir	22	- roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	23
2013-04-12 05:52:11	Maxious	24	## Definitions
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	25	- definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data vis UX etc.
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	27	## The basics of being a data scientist
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	28
2013-03-07 22:18:14	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.
		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?
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	32	Can present as a interactive data visualisation or a web/mobile application or just a infographic/motion graphics video that tells a story.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	33
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	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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		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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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	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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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	52	Statistics
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	53
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	54	[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	55
		56	Programming
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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	58	Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	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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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
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	64
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	65	Accessibility/User Experience
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	66
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/)
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	68
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	69
2013-05-07 23:32:34	Maxious	70
2013-04-15 04:13:09	Maxious	71	## examples
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	72
		73	## The Open Budget
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	74
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	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.
2013-05-01 23:17:16	Maxious	80
		81	Programming Language: Ruby
2013-05-24 01:28:05	Maxious	82
		83	Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
2013-05-01 23:17:16	Maxious	84
2013-04-28 09:46:26	Alex Sadleir	85	Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	86
2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	87	## LobbyLens
2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	88
2013-05-07 23:32:34	Maxious	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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2013-04-03 12:20:29	Alex Sadleir	105	Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	106
		107	Source Control: Git
2013-04-28 09:46:26	Alex Sadleir	108
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	109	Issue Tracking: Github
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2013-04-28 09:46:26	Alex Sadleir	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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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
2013-04-20 01:29:05	Alex Sadleir	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/)
2013-04-20 01:29:05	Alex Sadleir	132
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	133	[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/)
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2013-04-28 09:46:26	Alex Sadleir	135	[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
2013-02-27 10:12:02	Alex Sadleir	136
		137	### Task Tracking -
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		139	Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do.
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	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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2013-04-12 05:52:11	Maxious	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.
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		147	### Github
2013-05-01 23:17:16	Maxious	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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2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious