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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	TODO 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
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	10	You should 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	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/
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	13
2013-03-21 11:02:25	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.
2013-03-07 22:18:14	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.
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	16
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	17
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	18	# General References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
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		20	## Who can be a hack day participant
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	21	- roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
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		23	## Definitions
		24	- definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data vis UX etc.
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		26	## The basics of being a data scientist
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	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.
		29	* Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	30	* 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	31	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	[![](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>
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	35	Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd>
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	36
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	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
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	39
		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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		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/)
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		51	Statistics
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		53	[http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	55	Programming
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	56
2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	57	Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	58	Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn
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		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
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		64	Accessibility/User Experience
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	65
		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/)
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	67
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	70	## examples
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	71
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	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.
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		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/)
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		86	## LobbyLens
2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	87
		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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		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
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	106	Source Control: Git
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		108	Issue Tracking: Github
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	109
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	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
		124	Git / Subversion
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	125
		126	[![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-at-2012-04-29-172132-300x235.png "Git Screenshot")](http://progit.org/book/)
2013-02-28 04:29:45	Maxious	127
		128	[http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/)
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		130	[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/)
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		132	[http://tortoisesvn.net/](http://tortoisesvn.net/)
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		134	[http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/](http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/)
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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	136	### Task Tracking -
2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	137
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	138	Issue/task trackers allow you to outline the tasks required for your project and assign them to people to do.
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	140	[Trello](https://trello.com/) and [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com/) are free, lightweight project management tools suitable for a rapid project!
2013-02-27 10:12:02	Alex Sadleir	141
		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.
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	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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		151	Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	152
		153	You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
2013-03-01 04:32:26	Maxious	154
		155	### Google Code Project Hosting
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		157	Git, Mercurial, and Subversion code. Issue tracker, wiki, release file downloads. Unlimited free use for open source projects.
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	159	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 04:32:26	Maxious	161
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2013-03-24 05:01:56	Alex Sadleir	163	# API Development {#api-development}
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		166	So an API isn't just an XML file ![;)](http://www.govhack.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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		168	A good web based data API:
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		170	* Is logically organised
		171	* Can filter returned data
		172	* Can return results in different open formats (CSV/JSON etc.)
		173	* Is efficient and responsive by using caching and databases appropriately