Welcome and HW 0!

Welcome to Databases for Public Policy. Just as a quick note please by next class (10/1):

• Email aelmore@cs.uchicago.edu with an email subject of “[CAPPDB] subscribe”; I will likely need to cancel and reschedule a class last minute in the upcoming weeks.

Update on due date

• Read by 10/6 What Goes Around Comes Around by Stonebraker and Hellerstein

By next week (10/6):

• Get Ubuntu 14.04+ running on bare metal or VM.
• Have the ability to install open source databases (psql and others).
• Install Java 1.7+ and refresh yourself on Java.
• Install git. Setup a github account. Learn GIT