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Contents

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

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. Students and staff at the University of Hull are particularly encouraged to contribute.

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. Andrew is the VMware Specialist in Computer Science & Technology, responsible for architecure, watering & feeding the Computer Science and Technology VMware infrastructure. He also has a long list of VMware and Virtualisation articles.
  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.

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
  5. Hull Chamber of Commerce

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
  13. Andrew Hancock talks with friends Randy Redberg and Thomas Bernal at Experts Exchange about Career Growth and VMware
  14. Andrew Hancock talks with friends Randy Redberg and Thomas Bernal at Experts Exchange about being an IT Author and British Beekeeper

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
  8. Programmable Web APIs
  9. A list of publically available APIs

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
  9. Tush - a literate testing shell
  10. Haven Self Hosted Blog - A self hosted private blog built with ruby on rails.

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
  5. The Chartered Institute for IT
  6. Computer Misuse Act 1990

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
  18. CRISP-DM PyData 2015
  19. Tackling Imposter Syndrome, a cambridge students perspective.
  20. Shaping the Future of Connected Policing
  21. Enabling Digital Policing: Computacenter and VMWare
  22. Digital Ocean Tutorials - System Administration tutorials from Digital Ocean. Can be followed on any Linux machine.
  23. Two Decades of C#: A Reference - A reference of which C# version introduced which features. Linked is the first blog; later versions are covered under later blogs.
  24. Refactoring.guru - Learn about design patterns and refactoring.

Linux Distributions

  1. Ubuntu - Great starting distributions for beginners as lots of support is available.
  2. Fedora - Freeside uses this in our Lab!
  3. Arch - Advanced distribution for those looking to expand their knowledge of Linux.
  4. Kubuntu - Ubuntu with an alternative desktop environment.
  5. Mint - Another variant of Ubuntu, great for those familiar with Windows.
  6. Tails - A portable distribution that runs only in memory, for the ultimate privacy protection.

Help and Support

There are lots of lovely people ready to help you out in Freeside's Discord server, but these places may be helpful too.

  1. Ask Ubuntu - Ubuntu Q&A site. Part of Stack Exchange.
  2. Unix & Linux Stack Exchange - For more general Linux-related questions.

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
  14. Syclla.sh - community-oriented database leak community that is a useful tool for security researchers.
  15. h8mail - Email OSINT & Password breach hunting tool, locally or using premium services. Supports chasing down related email
  16. TryHackMe - is an online platform for learning cyber security, using hands-on exercises and labs!
  17. Awesome OSINT - List of OSINT Tools and resources
  18. Dark Reading - Cyber Security News.
  19. Data Breach Today - Data Breach News.
  20. Help Net Security - Cyber Security News.
  21. Hackaday - New hacks every day & interesting projects.
  22. Infosec Institute - Info sec best practices & updates.
  23. Wireshark Packet Analysis
  24. SSL Labs - Test the HTTPS configuration of your web server online
  25. testssl.sh - TLS configuration tester like SSL Labs, but runs locally

Other interesting stuff

  1. Platform.uno - Multi platform applications, one code base.
  2. D Sharp Plus - An unofficial .NET wrapper for the Discord API
  3. E Foundation
  4. Satyr - Self hosted media streaming
  5. File Stash
  6. MIT Press: Reading code != Reading Language