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Labs Coding Challenge

Write a concise piece of code that sends an HTTP POST request to labs.yef.im with the following pieces of data:

• javascript: Your level of comfort with JavaScript, as an integer 0–4, with 0 being no experience and 4 being very comfortable.
• python: Your level of comfort with Python, as an integer 0–4, with 0 being no experience and 4 being very comfortable.
• coffeescript: Your level of comfort with Coffeescript, as an integer 0–4, with 0 being no experience and 4 being very comfortable.
• frameworks: Your level of comfort with web frameworks, as an integer 0–4, with 0 being no experience and 4 being very comfortable.
• url: The URL of a GitHub Gist with the code that does this.(Meta! Note that you might have to edit the Gist a few times)

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Shortlist

WooTube. (*) Demo | Test

Videozoom. (*) Demo | Test

Selecta. Demo | No test, though I can set one up.

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Robert:

This is the result of a lot of blood-sweat-tears digestion of this: http://www.upenn.edu/computing/help/doc/email/directory.html

To query Penn Directory via command-line LDAP (the LDAPTLS_CACERT environment variable is necessary on Eniac because the ldap.conf file doesn't set TLS_CACERT; if you're doing this on your own machine, you can fix that):

LDAPTLS_CACERT=/etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem ldapsearch -h directory.upenn.edu -Z -b ou=People,dc=upenn,dc=edu <FILTER> [object]

For authenticated view (gets you emails) (will prompt for your PennKey password):

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Common Funding Application Standard Questions

• Event Name
• Date & time
• Location
• Contact e-mail
• Contact phone number
• Advisor e-mail
• Advisor phone number