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IdeaLab Online Textbook

Welcome to the IdeaLab online textbook! In the future, this will serve as the hub of all learning materials and lessons. This is currently a very early work in progress, so please be patient if what you're looking for isn't here.

Due to limited time and resources, we can't write articles for everything under the sun. In order to compensate for this, the textbook contains external sources. These sources are tagged with labels such as "Video:", "Link:", "Tool:" and "Channel:" respectively.

Please note that articles that appear in the Pages sidebar but not on the home page are unfinished and should you choose to view them you are to do so at your own risk.

Lesson Tree

Coding

• Online Tutorial: W3Schools Online Web Development Textbook
• Online Tutorial: Codecademy Online Coding Lessons

Algorithms (Unfinished)

• Graph Traversal
  • Dijkstra's-Algorithm
  • BFS

Getting Started

1. Getting Started with GitHub And C9
2. Configuring a Website with GitHub

2D Graphics

• Online Tutorial: Official Gimp Tutorials
• Online Tutorial: Official Inkscape Tutorials
• Basics of 2D Art
• Online Tool: Online Color Wheel and Color Scheme Selector

3D Graphics

• Online Tutorial: Official Blender Tutorials

Audio

• Understanding Digital Audio Encoding
• Getting the Right Gear
• Catalog: Head-Fi Buying Guide
• Article: InnerFidelity's Wall of Fame
• Guide: Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People

Game Design

• Youtube Channel: Extra Credits (For Videos on Everything Game Design)
• Youtube Playlist: A Brief History of Graphics

Hardware

Other

More coming soon...