These are some instructions for various computer-related things in this course. There are also many technical instructions in Appendices A and B of the Study Guide.
- Computing Accounts
- Transferring Web Pages
- Python on the Campus Web Server (which might be interesting after you're done 165).
Accessing web-pages from home
To access your web pages from outside of SFU, you have to make a few configuration changes in Firefox.
In Firefox, go to: Tools->Options
Under the Advanced icon and Network tab,
- Click on the button labelled
Settings.. - Select the Manual proxy configuration bubble and use the following configuration:
- HTTP Proxy:
proxy.sfu.ca - Port:
8080
- HTTP Proxy: