Invited presentation at the CISMA (Colloquia for Intelligent Sensing, Measurement and Actuators) 2022 webinar, School of Engineering, Edinburgh, 29 March 2022. https://cisma-colloquia.com/2022/03/08/making-coding-work-for-you/.
Abstract: Making research methods, data and results more accessible and reproducible can contribute to better science. Taking even small steps towards being more open, reproducible or even a bit better organised than the last time will make you more efficient in your work but will also help make the life easier for your future self or the person that comes to your group/lab after you. The Carpentries is a big international community of enthusiastic volunteers teaching foundational computational skills (version control, basic programming, command line, data organisation, cleaning, analysis and visualisation) founded on best practices (building modular and reusable code, using data structures, reproducibility) for researchers across disciplines. The emphasis is not on advanced, enterprise workflows or tools, but basic “toolbox” skills for everyday use that can be mastered in a relatively short period of time giving researchers the data organisation and computing skills they didn’t even know they needed.
Abstract: Making research methods, data and results more accessible and reproducible can contribute to better science. Taking even small steps towards being more open, reproducible or even a bit better organised than the last time will make you more efficient in your work but will also help make the life easier for your future self or the person that comes to your group/lab after you. The Carpentries is a big international community of enthusiastic volunteers teaching foundational computational skills (version control, basic programming, command line, data organisation, cleaning, analysis and visualisation) founded on best practices (building modular and reusable code, using data structures, reproducibility) for researchers across disciplines. The emphasis is not on advanced, enterprise workflows or tools, but basic “toolbox” skills for everyday use that can be mastered in a relatively short period of time giving researchers the data organisation and computing skills they didn’t even know they needed.