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How to write code like a scientist
How to write code like a scientist Posted by s.aragon … a tool to do science, rather than an intrinsic part of the scientific process. This often results in scientific code that is written in a rather unscientific …
Read moreThe Carpentries Lab: Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing
The Carpentries Lab: Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing Blog … community-developed lesson, Good Enough Practices in Scientific Computing to The Carpentries Lab. The … names for variables, documenting and describing their code. Teaching good practices separately means that …
Read moreChanging software a nightmare for tracking scientific data
Changing software a nightmare for tracking scientific data Posted by n.chuehong on 26 … Nature article "Computational science: ... Error - why scientific programming does not compute" spawned by the … job done, not writing easy-to-maintain or well-commented code" something which the SSI is trying to address through …
Read moreGlobal Open Science Hardware Roadmap: Launching a revolution in access to scientific tools
… Hardware Roadmap: Launching a revolution in access to scientific tools Posted by s.aragon on 6 … factors changed how we do research. Pre-prints, data share, code share have more common than you’d think. Unfortunately, scientific hardware is still a barrier for many researchers …
Read moreBest practices for scientific software
Best practices for scientific software Posted by s.aragon on … originally published on the Dr Climate blog. Code written by a research scientist typically lies somewhere on a continuum ranging from “scientific code” that was simply hacked together for …
Read moreIs the work of scientific software engineers recognised in academia?
Is the work of scientific software engineers recognised in academia? … a new species? ” and discussions from the “ Scientific Software Development and Management ” group … paid for it. Someone has invested their labour in writing code instructions to implement a scientific methodology of …
Read moreDiversity & Inclusion in Scientific Computing Unconference
Diversity & Inclusion in Scientific Computing Unconference Posted by … initiatives, including the Diversity & Inclusion in Scientific Computing Unconference during PyData New York … label as a unconference , I attended Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit , Mozilla Festival and, of course, …
Read moreSave scientific legacy code!
Save scientific legacy code! Posted by s.hettrick on 13 October … of the institute's Agents . The maintenance of scientific legacy code gives many scientists (and software …
Read moreFree workshop on R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis
Free workshop on R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis Posted by j.laird on 5 … Register for a free workshop on R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis as part of our upcoming Research … this lesson is to teach novice programmers to write modular code and best practices for using R for data analysis. R is …
Read moreTen simple rules for the open development of scientific software
Ten simple rules for the open development of scientific software Posted by s.hettrick … had significant impact, not only on society, but also on scientific research. Papers describing software published as … that this may bring. Publication of the source code you write not only can increase your impact [4], but …
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