Online
Feb 21-22, 2022
10:00 - 12:00 & 13:30 - 15:30 ET
Instructors: Amobichukwu Amanambu, Audery Smith, Caitlin Campbell, Cory Brunson, Renata Diaz, Narayani Barve
Helpers: Amobichukwu Amanambu, Audery Smith, Caitlin Campbell, Cory Brunson, Dellena Bloom, Renata Diaz, Narayani Barve
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 and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. 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 information you will need to connect to this meeting.
When: Feb 21-22, 2022. Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: Participants must have access to a computer 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 cornelioid@gmail.com or amobiamanambu@gmail.com for more information.
Roles: To learn more about the roles at the workshop (who will be doing what), refer to our Workshop FAQ.
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 |
| 10:00 | Introduction to R and RStudio |
| 10:55 | Project Management With RStudio |
| 11:25 | Data Structures |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Data Structures (continued) |
| 13:40 | Exploring Data Frames |
| 14:10 | Creating Publication-Quality Graphics with ggplot2 |
| 15:10 | Functions Explained |
| 15:30 | END |
| 10:00 | Splitting and Combining Data Frames with plyr |
| 10:50 | Data Frame Manipulation with dplyr |
| 11:45 | Data Frame Manipulation with tidyr |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Data Frame Manipulation with tidyr (continue) |
| 14:00 | Producing Reports With knitr |
| 15:15 | Writing Good Software |
| 15:30 | End |
| After finishing | Post-workshop survey |
To participate in this Software Carpentry workshop, you will need access to software as 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.
If you haven't used Zoom before, go to the official website to download and install the Zoom client for your computer.
Like other Carpentries workshops, you will be learning by "coding along" with the Instructors. To do this, you will need to have both the window for the tool you will be learning about (a terminal, RStudio, your web browser, etc..) and the window for the Zoom video conference client open. In order to see both at once, we recommend using one of the following set up options:
Please check the “Setup” page of the lesson site for instructions to follow to obtain the software you will need to follow the lesson.