Join us at our HPCC Systems Big Data Analytics Workshop as part of UGAHacks5

Date and time of the event	February 8, 2020 3pm - 4pm
Location	Zell B. Miller Learning Center, UGA Athens, GA, USA
Cost	Free
Hosted by	University of Georgia
Eligibility	Must be UGA student
Registration	https://ugahacks.com/
Learn	Topics Include: • Intro to HPCC Systems • How to manipulate data stored on a cluster using ECL • Basic ECL-based Knowledge
Data Source	Gaming Data
Workshop Trainer	Bahar Fardanian
What you need	A laptop Cloud IDE Ability to access the public internet (available in workshop room)
Quick start resources	View our ECL Cheat Sheet to get started quickly ECL training containing six short videos Latest ECL Language Reference Guide Cloud IDE Setup Visualization Documentation VSCode Cheat Sheet
Group messaging application	Slack Channel #hpcc_systems
Internship Opportunities	Find out more about the HPCC Systems intern program

What can I do to prepare?

We have many resources available for you to use to familiarise yourself with our technology and how to use it. If you are new to us, then take some time to find out about HPCC Systems and what we do. Find out how HPCC Systems works, what ECL is and take a look at what goes on in our community.

Watch a quick overview video about HPCC Systems
Download the HPCC Systems VM. Select the operating systems you are using first and then check the VM download. Follow the installation guide instructions.
- Note: We will be using a cloud-based HPCC Systems cluster for the workshop.
You can use your preferred editor to write code but we do have our own, a Windows-based ECL IDE which you can download. On the download page, select Gold and under Operating System, select Windows. Download both the ECL IDE and Client Tools.
VS Code is a good code editor if you don't use Windows. Installation is slightly more complicated see below and also this cheat sheet:
1. Download and install VS Code from here if you don't already have it installed.
2. Download the HPCC Systems Client Tools from here.
  1. Choose your operating system from the popup list.
  2. Choose the appropriate "Client Tools" option for your operating system. Make sure only one checkbox on the entire page is selected.
  3. Download and install.
3. Launch VS Code, then search for and install the extension named "ECL (Enterprise Control Language) support for Visual Studio Code".
Once you’re up and running, try out a few examples from the installation guide and tutorials.
Learn some ECL. This is the language used to write queries. It's easy to use, try it for yourself. Read the documentation or take a training course.
Take a look at some video tutorials
Take a look at our Machine Learning Documentation and Sources.