I've done two-day workshops for science teachers where we put a web server with the programming environment on a Mac Mini and brought our own WiFi router and laptops.
In a pinch, you can bring an extra laptop and run RStudio server (or jupyter hub) on it. On Sun, 16 Sep 2018 at 14:18, Katrin Tirok via discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am thinking about good and easy 'backup' options for R and/or python > that workshop participants could use when they have technical issues with > their computer that take longer to sort out. Most of my previous workshops > ran smoothly, but I remember one workshop with R this year, where we had a > number of problems with packages that did not install or did not load > properly, it was a mix of too old R versions and missing rights on machines. > > In South Africa we have additional challenges, like old and and very slow > computers, which can take minutes to generate a plot in R, or very slow > internet connection, making it difficult to install packages on the fly. > > I just discovered RStudioCloud https://rstudio.cloud providing full > Rstudio setup in the web and the service is offered for free at the moment. > I also started experimenting with Rstudio Server on my workgroup's server, > however this would only work within my institution. > And I know that under Windows one can run Rstudio from a usb drive ... > > I would like to hear what other people do in such situations ... > > Thanks > > Katrin > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T963f4b806cda01a2-M07cc926167b30ab018eef307> > -- Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T963f4b806cda01a2-M093fc4605d366c38b56a070d Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
