Hacking 101
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This document provides an overview and introduction to hacking. It defines hacking as exploring systems and stretching their capabilities, not destructive cracking. It describes HackU as a 24-hour coding event focused on uninterrupted innovation. It encourages building something useful by combining available data sources and APIs through technologies like YQL, Yahoo Pipes, and the YUI library. The document advises having a plan B for demos and publishing completed hacks online for others to see. It emphasizes focusing on one simple idea within the 24-hour timeframe rather than trying to solve everything.
Hacking 101
- 1. Hacking 101 Sudar Muthu
- 2. What is a hack?
- 3. “Hacking” is a constructive term. “Cracking” is destructive
- 5. hacker: n. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities
- 6. “Altering a system to do what you want it to do using what is at your disposal”
- 9. 24 hours of un-interrupted, unrestrained coding and innovation
- 10. Hack
- 11. Eat
- 12. Get Help
- 13. Recharge
- 14. Have Fun
- 15. Hack Fix http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlerdorf/3250595638/
- 16. Present
- 17. Win
- 18. Where do I start?
- 19. A good hack starts with an idea…
- 21. Build something you will use yourself
- 23. Show us what can be built using the systems we (and others) offer.
- 26. To build a typical web hack you need data, access and an interface
- 27. Yahoo! has opened up its data
- 28. Search (BOSS), Flickr, Geo, Social, Mail, Messenger …
- 29. And so have others
- 30. Programmable web lists 6670 APIs in their API directory Twitter, Facebook, Google, …
- 31. To access these you can use YQL
- 32. YQL is a SQL-Like Language that lets you …
- 33. … filter, combine, tweak data across hundreds of Web Services. http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console
- 34. How will you build a system to calculate distance between two places?
- 36. Or use YQL
- 38. YQL has more to it
- 39. There’s also Yahoo Pipes to do this visually
- 41. Data however is not enough.
- 42. You also need working interfaces
- 43. Technologies are easy: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- 44. Making it work on all browsers and OS is tricky
- 45. YUI
- 48. Do not show us slides about your hack
- 49. Instead show us what you have done
- 51. Have a plan-B
- 52. Have a Plan B • Record screencast • Do not depend on the internet • Keep your stuff ready in the browser • Rehearse the demo with atleast one crew member before hand
- 53. And once you are done
- 54. And once you are done • Keep your hack live for others to see • Show other hackers what you have done • Publish your code in Github • Let us know and we can help you to take it even further!
- 56. Don’t limit yourself to your favorite toys
- 57. A good hack doesn’t need to be a big thing http://www.flickr.com/photos/capricorndragon/4000384412/
- 58. Don’t look for features. Concentrate on one thing Don’t look to solve everything
- 59. You only have 24 hours
- 60. Find things that already work And put them together
- 61. Innovation has no limits
- 62. Go Hack !!! Have Fun
- 64. Hack Resources • http://developer.yahoo.com • http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console • http://github.com/yahoo • http://hackyourworld.org/ • http://github.com/codepo8/hackday-toolbox/ • http://talks.php.net/show/hacku/
Editor's Notes
- #2: Introduce Crew on Stage
- #3: How does this word resonate with you?
- #4: Often misrepresented in the media
- #6: Jargon File
- #8: So what is a hacker?
- #9: Hack U - Bring the concept from our internal Hack Days and Open Hack days to Universities
- #22: Find something that always annoyed you with systems you use... ...and build a workaround.
- #23: Random Hacks of Kindness
- #25: Everything that yahoo does for developers is located. With documentations, code examples
- #26: Everything that yahoo does for developers is located. With documentations, code examples
- #53: Record screencastDo not depend on internetKeep your stuff ready in browser
- #55: Tell us about your progress
- #58: Be ready to play with new technologies
- #59: Hacks need not be complex. It need not be the next big thing. You don’t need to have a product out in 24 hours.
- #60: Don’t try to solve everything in your hack..
- #61: You have only 24 hours.
- #62: Mashup or Shutup.