Thanks, Neil. Would be curious (and happy to take this offlist) - are there any generalizable examples that this could be used for to show learners how it can apply to their needs. I know most of the code we hear about is bespoke, but wondering if there are a few guiding examples like 1 for data analysis, 1 for HPC jobs, etc that could serve as compelling use cases.
- K -- Kaitlin Thaney Director, Mozilla Science Lab @kaythaney ; @MozillaScience skype / IRC: kaythaney On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Alan O'Cais <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been collaborating with them a lot and have brought EasyBuild to our > site at Juelich Supercomputing Centre. I'm actually looking to use it to > create more reproducible examples for HPC practicals. There are some pros > and cons for newbies, not least of these is being forced to use the > 'module' tool to manage the environment and having to build the software > stack from the ground up (while it is all automated, it takes a long time). > > Overall, I'm a big fan but I'm not sure it's a perfect fit for the SC > target audience. > > Best, > > Alan > > On 7 May 2015 at 13:44, Neil Chue Hong (SSI) <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> one of the issues we've seen when teaching learners, particularly in >> the engineering and physical sciences, is that although Software >> Carpentry teaches them valuable skills for developing their own >> software, there's often a requirement to use existing legacy >> scientific codes which are difficult to install and configure. >> >> I saw a presentation of EasyBuild >> (http://hpcugent.github.io/easybuild/) recently, and tried it out(*), >> and it seems to provide an interface similar to HomeBrew for Macs for >> installing a wide range of popular scientific software. Good >> documentation, though more aimed at system administrators and power >> users. They're also apparently talking to the other major scientific >> software code packaging frameworks in the US and Australia about >> collaborating/merging. >> >> Might be of interest to those looking to make it easier to teach >> follow-on courses on specific pieces of software in their >> institutions. >> >> Best regards >> Neil >> >> (*) And if I can use it to install something, it must be getting >> something right ;-) >> -- >> Neil Chue Hong >> Director, Software Sustainability Institute >> EPCC, University of Edinburgh, JCMB, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK >> Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5957 >> http://www.software.ac.uk/ >> >> LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/neilchuehong >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/npch >> ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8876-7606 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >> > > > > -- > Dr. Alan O'Cais > Application Support > Juelich Supercomputing Centre > Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH > 52425 Juelich, Germany > > Phone: +49 2461 61 5213 > Fax: +49 2461 61 6656 > E-mail: [email protected] > WWW: http://www.fz-juelich.de/ias/jsc/EN > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH > 52425 Juelich > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich > Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher > Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), > Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, > Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >
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