UCGIS Workshop "Full-stack Geo-visualization 101" Prerequisites Tutorial

Skill requirement:
o You should know the basic ideas of GIS, such as map, layer, and point/polyline/polygon.
o You should have basic PC and Internet knowledge.
o Some programming experiences are preferred, but not limited to a specific language or web programming. You are also welcomed to attend the workshop even if you have zero programming experience.
o Some database knowledge is necessary if you want to continue the back-end section, such as database, database management system, and database GUI.

Hardware requirement:
o A PC with Windows 10 operating system is preferred.
o Internet is necessary.
o If you want to finish the back-end part, you will need a PC with the administrator privilege.

Software checklist:
For front-end only:
• Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
• GitHub Desktop: https://desktop.github.com/ and a GitHub account which can be created from here: https://github.com/
• Firefox Browser Developer Edition: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/
o Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cors-everywhere/ and install the add-in on your firefox developer edition.
• Demo package: The relevant demo and data files can be downloaded from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bcTXVv_XR8ciBf0wT3UFUQMqpxhhke-E?usp=sharing All files will be updated before the workshop.
For back-end (need administrator privilege):
• Python 3: https://www.python.org/downloads/ You can use any version from 3.4 to 3.9.
• EVE library in Python 3: type in: pip3 install eve or python –m pip install eve
• MongoDB database: https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community
• Robo3T: https://robomongo.org/download