https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/tag/monterey-bay-aquarium-research-institute/Recent content in Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on The CarpentriesHugoen-usWed, 20 Nov 2024 10:51:28 -0500https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2012/03/wrapping-up-mbari-workshop/Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2012/03/wrapping-up-mbari-workshop/<p><b>This post originally appeared on the <a href="https://software-carpentry.org/">Software Carpentry website.</a></b></p> <p><a href="http://www.mbari.org/staff/haddock/">Steve "Jellyfish" Haddock</a> and <a href="http://www.third-bit.com">Greg Wilson</a> taught a two-day workshop at <a href="http://www.mbari.org/">MBARI</a> this week. It seemed to go well: feedback is below.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Good</strong></td> <td><strong>Bad</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li>used specific, concrete examples</li> <li>hands on</li> <li>good breadth</li> <li>knowing the tools exist</li> <li>seeing the Power of Pipes</li> <li>seeing how to use version control for traceability</li> <li>insistence that prior experience wasn't necessary</li> <li>the Power of Python (!!!)</li> <li>liked the Power of Databases</li> <li>saw background of databases</li> <li>now understand how much more efficient is possible</li> <li>stories are entertaining</li> <li>starting from scratch helpful</li> <li>databases may not be completely useless</li> <li>liked having things online after day 1</li> <li>great motivational speaker</li> <li>emphasis on commonality/interoperability</li> <li>liked provenance</li> <li>web site</li> <li>linked coding/learning</li> <li>introduced things to use *with* Python</li> <li>content was fairly conceptual</li> <li>clean code from the beginning</li> <li>drawing parallels between Python and MATLAB</li> <li>including version numbers (provenance)</li> <li>forced to learn my Mac</li> <li>being allowed to talk to neighbors</li> <li>"programming is meaningless" is good</li> <li>prepared pedagogy, not material</li> <li>I feel like I'm a better programmer</li> <li>great going over Unix stuff</li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul> <li>some things were too fast (esp. day 2)</li> <li>instructor wanders</li> <li>more practice time</li> <li>instructor types too fast</li> <li>wanted two screens at once</li> <li>switching between Python and shell confusing</li> <li>more time on switching between screens</li> <li>follow instructor or take notes but not both</li> <li>handout please!</li> <li>not enough hands-on practice</li> <li>not knowing how to get data into database</li> <li>can't keep track with multiple Python files</li> <li>didn't explain regular expressions</li> <li>lack of hands-on</li> <li>more data manipulation</li> <li>not enough time</li> <li>shorter, more frequent breaks</li> <li>download folder of examples</li> <li>can't do it all in two days</li> <li>confused with version control</li> <li>accelerated toward the end</li> <li>don't know how to use database in research</li> <li>advance materials</li> <li>show up early for setup</li> <li>say "meaningless" first</li> <li>sys.argv etc. not covered</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>