1 [[!template id=gitrepo repo=parallel_computing]]
3 In contrast to my [[course website]] project, which is mostly about
4 constructing a framework for automatically compiling and installing
5 [[LaTeX]] problem sets, [Prof. Vallières'][MV] [Parallel
6 Computing][phys405] course is basically an online textbook with a
7 large amount of example software. In order to balance between to
8 Prof. Vallières' original and my own aesthetic, I rolled a new
9 solution from scratch. See [my version of his Fall 2010 page][f10]
12 Differences from my course website project:
14 * No PHP, since there is no dynamic content that cannot be handled
16 * Less installation machinery. Only a few build/cleanup scripts to
17 avoid versioning really tedious bits. The repository is designed to
18 be dropped into your `~/public_html/` whole, while the course
19 website project is designed to `rsync` the built components up as
21 * Less LaTeX, more XHTML. It's easier to edit XHTML than it is to
22 exit and compile LaTeX, and PDFs are large and annoying. As a
23 computing class, there are fewer graphics than there are in an
24 intro-physics class, so the extra power of LaTeX is not as useful.
26 [MV]: http://www.drexel.edu/physics/contact/facultyDirectory/Vallieres%20Michel/
27 [phys405]: http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~valliere/PHYS405/
28 [f10]: http://course.tremily.us/2010-fall/phys405/
32 [[!tag tags/teaching]]