DHBW Vault

An Obsidian.md vault where I keep my notes for my Computer Science Degree.

Structure

The vault is structured in the following way:

• The filenames follow the structure of <Role> <Module> Topic. If the topic is a common acronym, the name is said acronym and not the expanded word.

• Master nodes: Used (after Semester 1) exclusively as an Entrypoint to semesters. Master Nodes only store references to Hubs.

• Hub nodes: Central nodes for a certain topic (typically one entire module). Contain references to (almost) all nodes relevant to their topic/module.

• Library nodes: These are summaries of certain topics. They try to link to as many notes as possible, but briefly explain those as well. Use them as an entrypoint for finding a specific topic if you're new to the vault.

  • NOTE that libraries are a construct of Semester 1. In Semester 3 I kind of abandoned them, save for Formale Sprachen and Rechnerarchitekturen, and instead relied on Hubs.

Tips for Starting to traverse the vault

1. The Entrypoint: [[Master DHBW]] is the node from which you should be able to reach every node through link hopping.
2. Plugins: Stuff like Mermaid Diagrams will need some external plugins to work. You should be promted for them once you open the vault. I recommend to run the command "reload app wihtout saving" after enabling plugins.
3. Commands: Obsidian features a command palette, similar to VS Code. Bring it up with ctrl + shift + P
4. Useful Shortcuts (specific to this vault):
   1. ctrl + P: Go to file
   2. ctrl + L: Open Local graph view
   3. ctrl + shift + f: Global search

Projects

Over the course of the degree, some coding projects pop up. Those are stored in their own repos:

1. Ubiquitous Fishstick (Projektmanagement, Sem. 2)
2. Geo Calc (Web-Engineering Sem. 2)
3. DHBW Project Java (self-explanatory, Sem. 2)
4. DHBW Projekt Datenbanken(self-explanatory, Sem. 3)

Misc

Language

By far the majority of the vault is in german, as that's what the lectures are in. In programming-related lectures, I tried to keep the notes in english.

Hand-written Notes

For Maths, and most of the stuff in Semester 1, I keep goodnotes files around. Those can be found in a google drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1UL4O9M6Z3FBnOwdk71SUBixcfeKbAxyi

In pretty much every case I use this only for exam practice. If I find myself needing hand-write something for the contents of a note, those will be screenshotted and inserted into a note as an image.