Topics Handled by Nandakumar Edamana

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Here is a list of usual topics of my talks, lectures or workshops.

• Improving the Performance of Websites and Web Apps
• Good Development Practices and Test Automation
• High-level code generation for productivity, consistency, etc.
• Docker, Kubernetes, etc. (for beginners)
• FreeSEP (Freedom, Security, Ergonomics, Environment and Privacy)
  • Free Software (free as in freedom)
  • Cyber attacks and basic safety measures
  • Online Tracking: how it is done and how to protect yourself
• GNU/Linux
  • Philosophy, distributions, desktops, usage, etc.
  • The power of command line and shell (Bash) programming
  • Redirection and pipes (practical)
  • Regular expressions
• Documentation
  • LaTeX
  • Introduction to Graphviz and Doxygen
• Programming
  • GTK+ (C and Python)
  • Debugging (including intro to gdb)
• Apache Web Server
  • Installation and configuration
  • RewriteEngine, .htaccess and other useful features
  • CGI programming
• Virtualization
• Remote Computing
  • ssh, sshfs, rsync, VNC, etc.
• Practical introductions to Free Software applications including Audacity, ffmpeg, Inkscape, GIMP, Kdenlive, LibreOffice Suit, MuseScore, etc.