This document gives an overview of the lexc course 7-11.1. 2013 in Helsinki.

* __Place__: ''University of Helsinki, Metsätalo, huone 25: 5th floor, (5. krs)''
* __Time__: January 7th - 11th, 9-12, 13-16 
* [Participants|Participants.html]


!!!Course plan

!! Monday - Tuesday

* Intro: What do you know about everything? (__Jack__)
* Installation (__all__)
* infrastructure intro (__Sjur__)
** using the analysers
* Lexc intro -- with toy lexicon for your own lg (__Trond__)
* Twolc intro -- (__Jack__) ... also with examples from your own language

!! Wednesday++
* Learn to read your code (__Jack__)
* Learn to test your transducer (yaml, missing) (__Sjur__)
* Start doing Real Work (__groups: all__)
** add words to the lexicon, build & test
** solve twolc problems
** plan lexc solutions 
** add tests for specific areas of morpho/phonol.

!!! Linguistic resources

* [Links to the language sourcecode|LinksToSourcecode.html]
* [Keyboard layouts|UralicKeyboards.html]

!!! Requirements for the students

To be done as far as possible before the course starts

* install XCode (via Mac App Store - free download, but requires an account)
* install xerox tools (fsmbook.com)
* install hfst tools (see first link below)
* install newinfra (see first link below)
* look at the individual languages

Everything is (and should be) listed here:

* [Getting started|https://giellalt.uit.no/infra/GettingStarted.html]
* [Checklist, for workers|https://giellalt.uit.no/infra/install-overview.html]
* [Checklist, for sysadm|https://giellalt.uit.no/admin/checklist.html]


!!! Goals for the course

# Learn unix command line basics
# Get to know the newinfra setup
# Learn svn 
# Learn work routines
## Testing (write yaml tests to help the twolc development)
# Learn twolc and lexc basics
# Having a look around at what is actually being done on the infrastructure
# Read and understand the existing source code of my language


!! Literature, references

Jos haluat taustatieto: Tärkein kirja on [Beesley & Karttunen|http://fsmbook.com].

Kurssin ydin on kielioppi-ohjelmointikielten (twolc, lexc) peruskurssi. 
Esimerkki aikaisemmista, samantyyppisista kursseista:

* [Ken Beesley|http://www.stanford.edu/~laurik/fsmbook/lecture-notes/Beesley2004/index.html]
* Trond Trosterud: [1|http://www.hum.uit.no/a/trond/und/v07/hif-3012.07.1.pdf], 
  [3|http://www.hum.uit.no/a/trond/und/v07/hif-3.html]
  [4|http://www.hum.uit.no/a/trond/und/v07/hif-4.html]

(Meidän kurssi ei tule olemaan aivan uhtä tekninen.)
 
Infrastruktuurimme

... hmm, siihen meillä vielä ei ole dokumentaatio. Tässä hakemistolista:

[Newinfra Catalogues|https://giellalt.uit.no/infra/infraremake/NewinfraCatalogues.html]