The New MATLAB Teaching Materials

Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

When Software Carpentry started running bootcamps back in 2012, Python was used exclusively for the programming lessons. While these lessons were as language agnostic as possible (i.e. the materials focused on transferrable programming concepts as opposed to specifics of the Python language), people soon expressed an interest in running bootcamps using other languages. R very quickly established itself as a regular alternative to Python, but it wasn't until early 2014 that the first ever Matlab bootcamp was held (see here and here for blog posts about the event; the official event page is here).

Engineering-Focused Bootcamp

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.

Summary: In advance of a bootcamp to be held for a Midwestern university's mechanical engineering department this fall, I've started reworking the traditional Software Carpentry (SWC) curriculum, and will be creating new teaching materials to accompany the workshop. Content changes are being made to accommodate the instructional needs of engineering students at the sponsoring university, while remaining consistent with the basic tenets and goals of the SWC movement. Comments and suggestions from the community on this matter are welcomed and encouraged, particularly in the area of PowerShell scripting (at which I'm currently a novice.) I'm also looking for instructors that might be willing to help teach such a bootcamp in the Detroit area this fall.

MATLAB on The Carpentries

The New MATLAB Teaching Materials

Engineering-Focused Bootcamp