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Save scientific legacy code!

13 October 2011

Save scientific legacy code! Posted by s.hettrick on 13 … institute's Agents . The maintenance of scientific legacy code gives many scientists (and software engineers) a … facing this question several years ago. They work on two projects, UKRmol-in and UKRmol-out . Their software, …

Previously Discussed Topics

12 December 2023

… ) Opening the door to new contributors in open source projects (22 June 2022, CW22 ) Career Paths … (27 November 2018, WSSSPE6.1 ) How do we make legacy software more sustainable? Maintaining your legacy - tips for making legacy code sustainable (31 March …

A short review of four Python web frameworks

27 November 2017

… be considered when choosing open source software for use on projects. The key details of each web framework are as … For more information, see Integrating Django with a legacy database . Though Django assumes a relational …

SSI announces collaboration with three UKRI Innovation Scholar funded projects

08 March 2021

… collaboration with three UKRI Innovation Scholar funded projects Posted by s.aragon on 8 March … ten years. Collaborating with three of the eight funded projects will bring together the SSI’s extensive training … build our workshops in a stable system with a built in twin legacy of open source material and the ability to train new …

Finalists for the DPC Awards 2018 announced

17 September 2018

… Awards 2018, with many innovative and impressive projects, organisations and individuals being recognised for … University Flashback: Preservation of legacy digital collection, The British Library The … and state-of-the-art contributions to securing our digital legacy. This year the exciting process will culminate in a …

Building a bridge between a virtual machine and the outside world

09 February 2015

… MapObjects. Distance for Windows is built from a number of legacy components, many of which are no longer supported by … VMWare Player , and which are configured with the required legacy components and tools. However, the Visual Basic … Distance for Windows Visual Basic code, the Visual Basic projects would not build. An attempt to build a Visual Basic …

The dark arts of particle physics software

04 October 2013

… for at least another decade given the timescales of these projects. It's ironic that we search for a new understanding of our universe by working with legacy code. A reality best summarised by my PhD supervisor … and most other particle physicists do all day. We deal with legacy code. We try to get it to compile with all the legacy …

Terra Cognita and International Semantic Web Conference 2011

01 November 2011

… included: The overhead of converting data from legacy formats to linked data on a per-request basis and … PostGIS geospatial extensions were exploited when querying legacy relational data. At present, GeoTOD-II does not … good target for Kings College, London’s PELAGIOS and SPQR projects with which I was involved. These focused on …

Research Software Group update: improving the packaging of imaging and field theory software, and good feedback

14 September 2015

… go the distance It’s always good to hear back from projects we worked with in the past, and one of those projects that got back in touch six months after it finished … software’s 20 years of development is impressive, but legacy aspects of the codebase were taking their toll. The …

An interview with the Workshop on Sustainable Software Sustainability organisers

20 April 2022

… interested in research software, software preservation, legacy systems, infrastructure, and cultural heritage … structural funding for that infrastructure, or a stream of projects that continue to reuse my software. So, the word … about sustaining the effort, network, infrastructure, and projects that are pushing for and enabling greater software …