Software Carpentry Workshop

https://wd15.github.io/2018-04-11-gwu

What is Software Carpentry?

• Teach computer skills for research tasks
• "get more done in less time with less pain"
• Since 1998
• 500 workshops, 16000 learners, 450 instructors
• Volunteer organization

Why is this useful?

• Improve productivity
• Fundamental tools (command line / programming language / version control)

• Otherwise difficult to learn

• Testimonials: https://software-carpentry.org/testimonials/

How does this work?

• Live coding - follow along - lots of typing
• Should have software installed (just need Bash shell for now)
• Green / red stickies to alert helpers and during exercises
• Raise hands to ask instructors to slow down
• Schedule
• Sign in sheet
• Etherpad: http://pad.software-carpentry.org/2018-04-11-gwu
• Pre-workshop survey

Code of Conduct

• Comfortable and enjoyable environment to learn

https://software-carpentry.org/conduct/

Instructors

• Abhijit Dasgupta
• Daniel Wheeler
• Hadi Mohammadi (helper)
• Liem Nguyen (helper)
• Jason Hurlburt (helper)
• Marco Suarez (helper)
• Kes Schroer (helper)
• Justin Littman (helper)
• Laura Wrubel (helper)
• Megan Potterbusch (helper)