# Introduction

This list consists of resources which have been useful whilst studying Computer Science at the University of Hull or in learning/administering Linux systems. We have also included other resources related to student discounts, career improvement, electronics and programming.

List originally comprised by [@closebracket](https://github.com/closebracket), visit his website [here](https://edwardcharl.es).

## Student Discount / Free stuff
1. [Github Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack).
2. [Azure for Students](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/).
3. [VMware Academic Software Licensing Program] e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion((https://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?ws=b7344511-bb8b-e011-969d-0030487d8897&vsro=8) - Request access via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock VMware vExpert PRO! 


## Hull University Related
1. [On the Hub](https://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?ws=b7344511-bb8b-e011-969d-0030487d8897&vsro=8) - Free software for University of Hull Students
2. [Brian Tompsett Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfG7W9cpOp4G4rH-gLgxVdw). Brian is a [lecturer at University of Hull](https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/brian-tompsett) and has a [long list of published works](https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=4CFnDSAAAAAJ&hl=en). 
3. [The Yellow Book](https://www.robmiles.com/s/CSharp-Book-2019-Refresh.pdf) - A fantastic intro to C# from former Hull Lecturer, [Rob Miles](robmiles.com). He also has other publications available [here](https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27:Rob%20Miles&s=relevancerank&text=Rob%20Miles&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1).
4. [Rob Miles Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OEadKEwxD7TxR9hKhxtuQ).
5. [CSBlogs](http://csblogs.com/) - A collection of blogs from UoH staff, alumni and current students.
6. [Freeside Discord](https://discord.gg/qAZ8dAp).
7. [#HullCSS Discord](https://discord.gg/gzx4nee).
8. [Hull Gaming Society Discord](https://discord.gg/agaf92a).
9. [Hull Robotics Society Discord](https://discord.gg/pYP5kqE).

## Hull Related
1. [For Entrepreneurs Only](https://forentrepreneursonly.co.uk/) - Headquartered on UoH campus providing business mentoring and support.
2. [C4Di](https://www.c4di.co.uk/) (Hull Based)
3. [Connected Humber Hardware Meetups](https://www.connectedhumber.org/meetups.html)
4. [Hull Central Library Makerspace](https://www.hcandl.co.uk/libraries/makerspace/about-makerspacehull)

## Student/Alumni Sites
1. [Antony Leons](https://blog.leons.dev/).
2. [Adam Boyne](https://adamboyne.wordpress.com).
3. [Adam Tunnicliffe](https://adamt3d.com).
4. [Danny Brown](https://dannybrown.io).
5. [David Mortiboy](https://www.davidmortiboy.com).
6. [Edward Charles](https://mr.edwardcharl.es).
7. [Harry Gwinnell](https://harrygwinnell.co.uk).
8. [Jacob Morris](https://jamorris.co.uk).
9. [James Croft](https://www.jamescroft.co.uk).
10. [Nathaniel Read](https://nathaniel.work).
11. [Paul Adams](https://paulhub.uk).
12. [Richard Bamford](https://www.richardbamford.io).
13. [Sara Payne](https://sarapayne.co.uk).
14. [Rob Crocombe](https://robcrocombe.com).
15. [Lydia Bryan-Smith](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com).
16. [Tom Fosdick](https://www.tomfosdick.com).

## Business / Career 
1. [Google Campus](https://www.campus.co/) (London Based)
2. [Barclays Eagle Labs](https://labs.uk.barclays/) (Nationwide)
3. [For Entrepreneurs Only](https://forentrepreneursonly.co.uk/) - Headquartered on UoH campus providing business mentoring and support. 
4. [C4Di](https://www.c4di.co.uk/) (Hull Based)

## Services
1. [Migadu.com](https://migadu.com) - Unlimited cheap email for lots of domains.
2. [Github Pages](https://pages.github.com/)
3. [Gitlab](https://about.gitlab.com/)
4. [Matomo](https://matomo.org) - Self hosted Google Analytics alternative.
5. [Wekan](https://wekan.github.io/) - Opensource Kanban.
6. [Shodan](https://www.shodan.io/) - Create an account with your University email address to get free membership.
7. [The Things Network](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/)
   
## Software
1. [Atom Editor](https://atom.io/) 
2. [Jetbrains Editors](https://www.jetbrains.com/).
3. [The Awesome Self-Hosted List](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted) - a list of open source projects which can be self-hosted. The list comprises an amazing range of fascinating tools and projects. Thanks to [@starbeamrainbowlabs](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/) for pointing it out.
4. [Postman](https://www.postman.com/).
5. [Bashmarks](https://github.com/huyng/bashmarks)
6. [Doctl](https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl)
7. [The Big Warehouse](https://github.com/sbrl/thebigwarehouse) - A collection of resources for programmers from [@starbeamrainbowlabs](https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/).

## Law and Standards
1. [W3](https://www.w3.org/standards/) - Standards for web design and applications, devices, architecture, XML, web services and other technology.
2. [GDPR Compliance Checklist](https://gdprchecklist.io/)
3. [ICO Guide to GDPR](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/)
4. [Government overview of Data Protection](https://www.gov.uk/data-protection)

## Learning Resources
1. [Math Talks to Blow Your Mind Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOGi5-fAu8bEIw_xkj1FgKr7QY_Sahswy)
2. [Data Structures Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P).
3. [Harvard CS50x](https://cs50.harvard.edu).
   - 3.1 [Harvard CS50 2018 Lectures Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQjrBD2T382eX9-tF75Wa4lmlC7sxNDH).  
   - 3.2 [Harvard CS50 for Lawyers Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvD71Eu17WEDRgEDTYH3MfKaG5lySs1dp).
   - 3.3 ([CS50 Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcabW7890RKJzL968QWEykA)).
4. [NullByte](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgTNupxATBfWmfehv21ym-g) (Youtube Channel).
5. [NumberPhile](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A) (Youtube Channel).
6. [Learn Electronics](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSRTiJhBE5GsP-1fCbpFRWg) (Youtube Channel).
7. [Computerphile](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-y-6csu5WGm29I7JiwpnA) (Youtube Channel).
8. [Docker's Official Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC76AVf2JkrwjxNKMuPpscHQ).
9. [Brian Tompsett Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfG7W9cpOp4G4rH-gLgxVdw). Brian is a [lecturer at University of Hull](https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/brian-tompsett) and has a [long list of published works](https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=4CFnDSAAAAAJ&hl=en). 
10. [The Yellow Book](https://www.robmiles.com/s/CSharp-Book-2019-Refresh.pdf) - A fantastic intro to C# from former Hull Lecturer, [Rob Miles](robmiles.com). He also has other publications available [here](https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27:Rob%20Miles&s=relevancerank&text=Rob%20Miles&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1).
11. [Rob Miles Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OEadKEwxD7TxR9hKhxtuQ) .
12. [CSBlogs](http://csblogs.com/) - A collection of blogs from UoH staff, alumni and current students.
13. [Kattis](https://open.kattis.com/) - Programming problems to help you improve your skills. Compete against staff/students.
14. [Code Academy](https://www.codecademy.com/) - Improve your programming knowledge.
15. [Devdocs](https://devdocs.io/) - Searchable developer docs
16. [Aweomesheet](https://zombiefox.github.io/awesomeSheet/) - CSS Generator
17. [Install LAMP on Ubuntu](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-20-04-quickstart) - Tutorial on installing LAMP on Ubuntu

## Linux Distributions
1. [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/).
2. [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/).
3. [Arch](https://www.archlinux.org/).
4. [Kubuntu](https://kubuntu.org/).
5. [Mint](https://linuxmint.com/).
6. [Tails](https://tails.boum.org/index.en.html).

## Cyber Security Resources
#### Disclaimer: Hacking without authorisation is illegal. Links to these materials are provided for reference only. You should not engage in illegal acts. Freeside will report malicious hacking to the University.
1. [Hackersploit](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ZTPkdxlAKf-V33tqXwi3Q) (Youtube Channel) - ***'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.***
2. [Capture the Flag Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBf0hzazHTGOyRReqMyE-CDMWAQ5AgXO-). ***'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.***
3. [Metasploit Introduction Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBf0hzazHTGN31ZPTzBbk70bohTYT7HSm). ***'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.***
4. [Ethical Hacking Introduction Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBf0hzazHTGOEuhPQSnq-Ej8jRyXxfYvl). ***'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.***
5. [Python3 for Penetration Testing Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBf0hzazHTGM_dncTqO9l-0zUQYP0nNPU) ***'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.***
6. [Hunchly](https://www.hunch.ly/) - The Only Web Capture Tool Designed For Online Investigations.
7. [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/)
8. [Authy](https://authy.com)
9. [GCHQ Cyberchef](https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef)
10. [DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption](https://github.com/duckduckgo/smarter-encryption)
11. [CIS Benchmarking](https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks/) - Benchmarking tools to protect your environment
12. [Cyber Essentials Certificaton](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberessentials/overview)
13. [Privacy Tools](https://privacytools.io)

## Other interesting stuff
1. [HOW TO: Install and Configure VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0 ARM) on a Raspberry Pi 4](https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/34931/HOW-TO-Install-and-Configure-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-7-0-ESXi-7-0-ARM-on-a-Raspberry-Pi-4.html)
2. [HOW TO: BOOT VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0 ARM) from an iSCSI LUN for the Raspberry Pi 4] (https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/35132/HOW-TO-BOOT-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-7-0-ESXi-7-0-ARM-from-an-iSCSI-LUN-for-the-Raspberry-Pi-4.html)
3. [Platform.uno](https://platform.uno) - Multi platform applications, one code base.
4. [D Sharp Plus](https://github.com/DSharpPlus/DSharpPlus) - An unofficial .NET wrapper for the Discord API