> Students (both those that have worked with servers/clusters before > and those that haven't) find this workflow very compelling (need a > faster computer? one with more memory? you can use one in the > cloud for free! here's how to do that easily...),
Easily if they remember how to use git config and ssh-keygen, which in my experience nobody does.... > and as Pat mentions > it's difficult to do remote work with something like Dropbox. I don't use dropbox, so I have no idea about this, but even if you need to use Dropbox on your desktop and then scp, it's easier than ssh-keygen to most. Since I'm continuously saying things to this tune, let me be superclear: I use git for everything. I would be happier to use hg, but git is ok (if you have google handy for its cryptic messages). I am just relating with complains that I have heard from students and senior scientists who do software because they must for their science, and I'm conveying them because I think solving them is at the core of what we teach. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
