Feb 25-26, 2017
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Instructors: Marnee Dearman, Upendra Devisetty, Travis Struck, Frank Ventura, test
Helpers: Gaius Augustus, Tushar Garg, Uwe Hilgert, Amit Juneja, Jennifer Lumbres, Blake Joyce, Elizabeth Miller, Julian Pistorius, Andreina Siri, Edwin Skidmore, Anandraj Thiyagarajaperumal
Who:
The course is aimed at practicing researchers - postdocs, graduate students, and other researchers. Undergraduate students can be admitted if space is available.
APPLY at https://cyverse-sdc.eventbrite.com
Where: Integrated Learning Center (ILC); 1503 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating sytem (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below). They are also required to abide by Software Carpentry's Code of Conduct.
Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organisers have checked that:
Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can help making learning easier for you (e.g. sign-language interpreters, lactation facilities) please get in touch and we will attempt to provide them.
Contact: Please email hilgert@email.arizona.edu for more information.
Surveys
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
| 08:30 | Automate tasks with the Unix shell and GitHub |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 12:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Conduct scientific analyses with Python and GitHub |
| 15:00 | Coffee |
| 17:00 | Dismissal |
| 08:30 | Conduct scientific analyses with Python and GitHub, cont. |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 12:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Bring it all together to manage and analyze data |
| 15:00 | Coffee |
| 17:00 | Dismissal |
add, commit, ...status, diff, ...clone, pull, push, ...To participate in a Software Carpentry workshop, you will need access to the software described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.
We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.
Bash is a commonly-used shell that gives you the power to do simple tasks more quickly.
cmd and press [Enter])setx HOME "%USERPROFILE%"
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.exit then pressing [Enter]This will provide you with both Git and Bash in the Git Bash program.
The default shell in all versions of Mac OS X is Bash, so no
need to install anything. You access Bash from the Terminal
(found in
/Applications/Utilities).
See the Git installation video tutorial
for an example on how to open the Terminal.
You may want to keep
Terminal in your dock for this workshop.
The default shell is usually Bash, but if your
machine is set up differently you can run it by opening a
terminal and typing bash. There is no need to
install anything.
Git is a version control system that lets you track who made changes to what when and has options for easily updating a shared or public version of your code on github.com. You will need a supported web browser (current versions of Chrome, Firefox or Safari, or Internet Explorer version 9 or above).
You will need an account at github.com for parts of the Git lesson. Basic GitHub accounts are free. We encourage you to create a GitHub account if you don't have one already. Please consider what personal information you'd like to reveal. For example, you may want to review these instructions for keeping your email address private provided at GitHub.
Git should be installed on your computer as part of your Bash install (described above).
For OS X 10.9 and higher, install Git for Mac
by downloading and running the most recent "mavericks" installer from
this list.
After installing Git, there will not be anything in your /Applications folder,
as Git is a command line program.
For older versions of OS X (10.5-10.8) use the
most recent available installer labelled "snow-leopard"
available here.
If Git is not already available on your machine you can try to
install it via your distro's package manager. For Debian/Ubuntu run
sudo apt-get install -y git and for Fedora run
sudo yum install -y git.
When you're writing code, you want to use a text editor that is
optimized for writing code, with features like automatic
color-coding of key words. The default text editor on Mac OS X and
Linux is usually set to Vim, which is not famous for being
intuitive. if you accidentally find yourself stuck in it, try
typing the escape key, followed by :q! (colon, lower-case 'q',
exclamation mark), then hitting Return to return to the shell.
nano is a basic editor and the default that instructors use in the workshop. To install it, download the Software Carpentry Windows installer and double click on the file to run it. This installer requires an active internet connection.
Others editors that you can use are Notepad++ or Sublime Text. Be aware that you must add its installation directory to your system path. Please ask your instructor to help you do this.
nano is a basic editor and the default that instructors use in the workshop. See the Git installation video tutorial for an example on how to open nano. It should be pre-installed.
Others editors that you can use are Text Wrangler or Sublime Text.
nano is a basic editor and the default that instructors use in the workshop. It should be pre-installed.
Others editors that you can use are Gedit, Kate or Sublime Text.
Python is a popular language for research computing, and great for general-purpose programming as well. All workshop participants should newly install Pyton (currently version 3.6), regardless of whether they already have Python or not, using the all-in-one installer Anaconda.
We will teach Python using the Jupyter notebook, a programming environment that runs in a web browser and is being inlcuded in the Anaconda installation. For this to work you will need a reasonably up-to-date browser. The current versions of the Chrome, Safari and Firefox browsers are all supported (some older browsers, including Internet Explorer version 9 and below, are not).
bash Anaconda3-and then press tab. The name of the file you just downloaded should appear.
yes and
press enter to approve the license. Press enter to approve the
default location for the files. Type yes and
press enter to prepend Anaconda to your PATH
(this makes the Anaconda distribution the default Python).