A Practical Computing Course

Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

While it was not a SWC course, this summer Casey Dunn and I taught a 12-day Practical Computing summer class at Friday Harbor Labs. It was a great group of students—mostly somewhat beginner level—and we covered regular expressions, the shell, Python, R + ggplot, Git, graphics, and bit of electronics. The centerpiece (which the students really got into) was a personal project that was applicable to their own interests and which they solved with some combination of the tools we covered. Many of the students went from zero experience to having a script that actually gave them insight into the real-life research back home.

Steve Haddock on The Carpentries

A Practical Computing Course