Online
June 9 and 11, 2020
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Instructors: Colin Sauze, Chennakesava Kadapa
Helpers: Jose Munoz Criollo, Tom Pritchard, Iakov Polyak
The course is open to all research staff and students the Supercomputing Wales partner universities (Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea).
Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts of programming and plotting in Python. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Best Practices for Scientific Computing".
Who: The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.
Where: This training will take place online. The instructors will provide you with the infromation you will need to connect to this meeting.
When: June 9 and 11, 2020. Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below).
Accessibility: We are dedicated to providing a positive and accessible learning environment for all. Please notify the instructors in advance of the workshop if you require any accommodations or if there is anything we can do to make this workshop more accessible to you.
Contact: Please email cos@aber.ac.uk for more information.
Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
| Before | Pre-workshop survey |
| 13:30 | Welcome and Setup |
| 14:00 | Plotting and Programming in Python |
| 15:30 | Break |
| 15:45 | Resume |
| 17:20 | Wrap-up |
| 17:30 | END |
| 13:30 | Plotting and Programming in Python (Continued) |
| 15:30 | Break |
| 15:45 | Resume |
| 17:20 | Post-workshop Survey |
| 17:30 | END |
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.
Python is a popular language for research computing, and great for general-purpose programming as well. Installing all of its research packages individually can be a bit difficult, so we recommend Anaconda, an all-in-one installer.
Regardless of how you choose to install it, please make sure you install Python version 3.x (e.g., 3.6 is fine).
bash Anaconda3-and then press Tab to autocomplete the full file name. The name of 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).