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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Contributing
  3. Student Discount/Free Stuff
  4. Hull University Related
  5. Hull Related
  6. Student Sites
  7. Business/Career
  8. Services
  9. Software
  10. Law and Standards
  11. Learning Resources
  12. Linux Distributions
  13. Cyber Security Resources
  14. Other Interesting Stuff
  15. [Andrew Hancock, Department of Computer Science & Technology - Systems] (#andrewhancock)

Introduction

This list comprises resources contributed by staff and students at the University of Hull across a variety of abilities, levels and degree disciplines. List originally comprised by @closebracket, visit his website here.

Contributing

If you feel something is missing from the list, please feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request with your changes. This will increase your skills with git, markdown and show that you can contribute to projects voluntarily.

Student Discount / Free stuff

  1. Github Student Pack.
  2. Azure for Students.
  3. VMware Academic Software Licensing Program e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion - Request access via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock VMware vExpert PRO!
  4. Free Books on Robotics
  5. Learning Python Book
  6. Free books on CS related subjects
  7. Data Science Handbook

Hull University Related

  1. On the Hub - Free software for University of Hull Students
  2. Brian Tompsett Youtube Channel. Brian is a lecturer at University of Hull and has a long list of published works.
  3. [Andrew Hancock] (#andrewhancock). Andrew is the IT Specialist based in Computer Science and Technology, responsible for watering and feeding the Computer Science and Technology infrastructure. He also has a long list of VMware and Virtulisations articles (#andrewhancock)
  4. The Yellow Book - A fantastic intro to C# from former Hull Lecturer, Rob Miles. He also has other publications available here.
  5. Rob Miles Youtube.
  6. CSBlogs - A collection of blogs from UoH staff, alumni and current students.
  7. Freeside Discord.
  8. #HullCSS Discord.
  9. Hull Gaming Society Discord.
  10. Hull Robotics Society Discord.
  11. [Department of Computer Science and Technology Twitter] (https://twitter.com/HullCompSci).

Hull Related

  1. For Entrepreneurs Only - Headquartered on UoH campus providing business mentoring and support.
  2. C4Di (Hull Based)
  3. Connected Humber Hardware Meetups
  4. Hull Central Library Makerspace

Student/Alumni Sites

  1. Antony Leons.
  2. Adam Boyne.
  3. Adam Tunnicliffe.
  4. Danny Brown.
  5. David Mortiboy.
  6. Edward Charles.
  7. Harry Gwinnell.
  8. Jacob Morris.
  9. James Croft.
  10. Nathaniel Read.
  11. Paul Adams.
  12. Richard Bamford.
  13. Sara Payne.
  14. Rob Crocombe.
  15. Lydia Bryan-Smith.
  16. Tom Fosdick.

Business / Career

  1. Google Campus (London Based)
  2. Barclays Eagle Labs (Nationwide)
  3. For Entrepreneurs Only - Headquartered on UoH campus providing business mentoring and support.
  4. C4Di (Hull Based)
  5. 5 ways to help get into the games industry
  6. Writing the ideal CV for the games industry
  7. University of Hull Computer Science Linkedin Group
  8. Network Yorkshire Linkedin Group
  9. One Hull Business Forum Linkedin Group
  10. The Yorkshire Mafia Linkedin Group
  11. Yorkshire Enterprise Network Linkedin Group
  12. York & Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership Linkedin Group

Services

  1. Migadu.com - Unlimited cheap email for lots of domains.
  2. Github Pages
  3. Gitlab
  4. Matomo - Self hosted Google Analytics alternative.
  5. Wekan - Opensource Kanban.
  6. Shodan - Create an account with your University email address to get free membership.
  7. The Things Network

Software

  1. Atom Editor
  2. Jetbrains Editors.
  3. The Awesome Self-Hosted List - 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 for pointing it out.
  4. Postman.
  5. Bashmarks
  6. Doctl
  7. The Big Warehouse - A collection of resources for programmers from @starbeamrainbowlabs.
  8. Dockstation - Docker GUI for Windows, Mac and Linux

Law and Standards

  1. W3 - Standards for web design and applications, devices, architecture, XML, web services and other technology.
  2. GDPR Compliance Checklist
  3. ICO Guide to GDPR
  4. Government overview of Data Protection

Learning Resources

  1. Math Talks to Blow Your Mind Playlist
  2. Data Structures Playlist.
  3. Harvard CS50x.
  4. NullByte (Youtube Channel).
  5. NumberPhile (Youtube Channel).
  6. Learn Electronics (Youtube Channel).
  7. Computerphile (Youtube Channel).
  8. Docker's Official Youtube.
  9. Brian Tompsett Youtube Channel. Brian is a lecturer at University of Hull and has a long list of published works.
  10. The Yellow Book - A fantastic intro to C# from former Hull Lecturer, Rob Miles. He also has other publications available here.
  11. Rob Miles Youtube .
  12. CSBlogs - A collection of blogs from UoH staff, alumni and current students.
  13. Kattis - Programming problems to help you improve your skills. Compete against staff/students.
  14. Code Academy - Improve your programming knowledge.
  15. Devdocs - Searchable developer docs
  16. Aweomesheet - CSS Generator
  17. Install LAMP on Ubuntu - Tutorial on installing LAMP on Ubuntu

Linux Distributions

  1. Ubuntu.
  2. Fedora.
  3. Arch.
  4. Kubuntu.
  5. Mint.
  6. Tails.

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 (Youtube Channel) - 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
  2. Capture the Flag Playlist. 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
  3. Metasploit Introduction Playlist. 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
  4. Ethical Hacking Introduction Playlist. 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
  5. Python3 for Penetration Testing Playlist 'hacking' without permission is illegal. Don't act without written consent.
  6. Hunchly - The Only Web Capture Tool Designed For Online Investigations.
  7. Have I Been Pwned
  8. Authy
  9. GCHQ Cyberchef
  10. DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption
  11. CIS Benchmarking - Benchmarking tools to protect your environment
  12. Cyber Essentials Certificaton
  13. Privacy Tools

Other interesting stuff

  1. HOW TO: Install and Configure VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0 ARM) on a Raspberry Pi 4
  2. HOW TO: BOOT VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 (ESXi 7.0 ARM) from an iSCSI LUN for the Raspberry Pi 4
  3. Platform.uno - Multi platform applications, one code base.
  4. D Sharp Plus - An unofficial .NET wrapper for the Discord API

Andrew Hancock, Department of Computer Science & Technology - Systems]

Andrew is the IT Specialist based in Computer Science and Technology, responsible for watering and feeding the Computer Science and Technology infrastructure. He also has a long list of VMware and Virtulisations articles, reproduced here for your reading pleasure.

  1. [How to Backup an ESXi installation on an USB Flash Drive or SD card for security or redundancy.] (http://vexpert.me/BackupESXi)