Intro to files and directories

1 Objectives

This lesson covers an introduction to your computers files and folders, how to access/use them, and the software programs we will be using throughout the course.

2 Materials

View the slides for this section here.

2.1 Operating systems

2.1.1 Absolute vs relative paths

Operating system dependent

2.2 Files

Plain text vs. proprietary

2.2.1 .txt

2.2.2 .md

2.2.3 .R

2.2.4 .html

2.2.5 .csv

2.2.6 .html

2.3 Software

2.3.1 Google sheets

2.3.2 Excel

2.3.3 Libre office