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What would be helpful for newbies to know before getting started?

asked 2012-08-31 03:49:30 -0500

SL Remy gravatar image

updated 2014-01-28 17:13:31 -0500

ngrennan gravatar image

I've seen several posts sending newbies to the Tutorials, but are there skills, concepts, or useful tidbits that would be useful for our new friends (and help to minimize potential frustration for them and the community.)

I would like to generate a wiki post from the top responses, so if some of these themes have been asked/answered here or elsewhere, the links to that content could be included as comments to the provided answer.

Justification for any answer is not needed, let the upvotes work for us.

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An examples could include "A basic understanding of networking"...

SL Remy gravatar image SL Remy  ( 2012-08-31 04:02:22 -0500 )edit

environment variables?

SL Remy gravatar image SL Remy  ( 2012-09-01 04:01:57 -0500 )edit

@SL Remy have you generated a wiki post ? If yes, please share the link.

Aakashp gravatar image Aakashp  ( 2020-10-29 08:10:13 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-08-31 05:05:54 -0500

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First I'll try to elaborate a bit on the already mentioned points:

  1. Basic Linux and especially Ubuntu
    • Getting used to using the windows and workspaces relevant shortcuts (in Unity, hold SUPER/WINDOWS)
    • Knowing what apt-get does and how it works
    • Knowing how to set up ssh connections using keys
  2. Using the terminal
    • Getting familiar with TAB completion and history
    • Know the basic shortcuts CTRL+C, CTRL+ALT+T, CTRL+SHIFT+T, CTRL+(+|-|0)

What also helped me:

  1. Having a basic knowledge of threads and their hazards (especially relevant for C++)
  2. Getting familiar with version control systems and their underlying concepts
    • git, subversion and mercurial are all used in ROS repositories
    • Focus on one and use it for your projects (git works best for me)
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SL Remy gravatar image SL Remy  ( 2012-09-04 08:32:29 -0500 )edit
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answered 2012-08-31 04:23:47 -0500

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The most obvious things for me would be

  1. a basic understanding of linux and how to use the command line.

  2. Familiar with programming in either C++ or Python.

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answered 2012-09-02 01:16:33 -0500

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How to debug in C++ and Python

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@SL Remy have you generated a wiki post ? If yes, please share the link. Particularly, I need help with how do you debug in C++ ? Which IDE do you use and so on...

Aakashp gravatar image Aakashp  ( 2020-10-29 08:10:53 -0500 )edit

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