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In contrast to my [[course website]] project, which is mostly about
constructing a framework for automatically compiling and installing
[[LaTeX]] problem sets, [Prof. Vallières'][MV] [Parallel
Computing][phys405] course is basically an online textbook with a
large amount of example software.  In order to balance between to
Prof. Vallières' original and my own aesthetic, I rolled a new
solution from scratch.  See [my version of his Fall 2010 page][f10]
for a live example.

Differences from my course website project:

* No PHP, since there is no dynamic content that cannot be handled
  with [[SSI]].
* Less installation machinery.  Only a few build/cleanup scripts to
  avoid versioning really tedious bits.  The repository is designed to
  be dropped into your `~/public_html/` whole, while the course
  website project is designed to `rsync` the built components up as
  they go live.
* Less LaTeX, more XHTML.  It's easier to edit XHTML than it is to
  exit and compile LaTeX, and PDFs are large and annoying.  As a
  computing class, there are fewer graphics than there are in an
  intro-physics class, so the extra power of LaTeX is not as useful.

[MV]: http://www.drexel.edu/physics/contact/facultyDirectory/Vallieres%20Michel/
[phys405]: http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~valliere/PHYS405/
[f10]: http://course.tremily.us/2010-fall/phys405/

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