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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	1	Welcome to the GovHack toolkit. This page provides all the information you need to prepare hackfest entries.
		2	These tools can be used to make entries like: mobile apps, web apps, data visualisations/infographics
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2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	4	# How to register and submit your entry
2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	5	## registering your team
2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	6	TODO how to use website "Hacker Space" to register and find teams etc.
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2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	8	## preparing your submission
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2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	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/
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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.
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		18	# General References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
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		20	## Who can be a hack day participant
		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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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.
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		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>
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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
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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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		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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		55	Programming
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		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
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	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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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	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
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		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/)
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		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.
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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
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		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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2013-03-21 11:02:25	Maxious	98	## bus.lambdacomplex.org
2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	99
		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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		106	Source Control: Git
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		108	Issue Tracking: Github
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		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
2013-03-06 04:05:46	Maxious	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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2013-03-01 01:11:15	Maxious	120	- http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/
		121	- amon
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	123	### Source Control
		124	Git / Subversion
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		126	[![](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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		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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		136	### Task Tracking -
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		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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		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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2013-03-01 03:43:59	Maxious	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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		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.
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		153	You can create your own Sourceforge project at [http://sourceforge.net/](http://sourceforge.net/)
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		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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		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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2013-01-02 00:23:39	Alex Sadleir	163	# API Development {#api-development}
2012-09-29 13:05:38	Maxious	164
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2013-03-03 10:00:40	maxious	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
		174	* Handles errors gracefully
		175	* Monitors and controls access (to show benefit realised of API and prevent abuse)
		176	* Provides appropriate documentation with examples
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		178	Some people like sensis [http://](http://developers.sensis.com.au/)[developers.sensis.com.<wbr>au</wbr>](http://developers.sensis.com.au/)[/](http://developers.sensis.com.au/) use a provider like[http://](http://mashery.com/)[mashery.com](http://mashery.com/)[/](http://mashery.com/) or [https](https://apigee.com/)[://](https://apigee.com/)[apigee.com](https://apigee.com/) or [http://](http://apiaxle.com/)[apiaxle.com](http://apiaxle.com/)[/](http://apiaxle.com/) or [http://www.3scale.net/](http://www.3scale.net/) which handles making a good API for them.
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2013-03-07 22:18:14	Maxious	180	Atlassian have a great page on what makes a good API https://developer.atlassian.com/display/REST/Atlassian+REST+API+Design+Guidelines+version+1)
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2013-02-28 04:29:45	Maxious	182	API
		183	- howto.gov api tutorial
		184	- http://shancarter.com/data_converter/
		185	- http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/module/data-visualizations-google-docs/
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