Hi all, what about mybinder?
tl; dr: my binder provides an almost completely configurable Jupyter-based system that runs in anonymous Docker containers on Google Compute Engine. mybinder.org ivory.idyll.org/blog/2016-mybinder.html - blog post on mybinder I’ve used mybinder for several workshops recently, including: Introduction to Jupyter — https://github.com/ngs-docs/2016-mar-jupyter/ Oslo workshop on reproducibility — https://2016-oslo-repeatability.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ Short-read sequence trimming — https://2016-short-read-trimming.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ The only real problem we’ve run into is that copy/paste into the Jupyter terminal window from other apps doesn’t work 10-20% of the time, but it can be overcome. I’ve been letting the mybinder folk know when I use it for classes, but the experience has been nearly flawless in terms of using already-configured containers. I would be happy to host a Google Hangout to talk through it with people if there’s interest. cheers, —titus On Mar 28, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Andrea Zonca <[email protected]> wrote: > With locked-down machines, the learners already loose the opportunity to have > a working environment on their laptop at the end of the workshop. > At this point, the easiest I believe is to just setup Jupyterhub on a server > and then use the embedded shell (Terminado) to teach bash and git, and then > the Notebook for Python or R. So they only need a browser on the local > machines. > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:23 AM Matt Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > You'll definitely need to work with the IT staff at the lab. A VM isn't > useful if you can't install get VirtualBox installed, for example, and you'll > want the VM pre-loaded so you don't have an entire lab trying to download > hundreds of MB on the day of the workshop. On the other hand, many pieces of > software work fine installed by a non-admin and it may not be an issue. I > would see about getting touch with the lab IT staff and seeing what they > think of the SWC installation instructions. > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 9:44 AM Mike Smorul <[email protected]> wrote: > A VM is one option. We've run workshops (not SWC/DC) based on VM's that have > been pretty successful. You end up w/ a lot fewer setup issues, but there's > less take-away for students unless you run them through EC2 or similar where > they can walk away w/ a working VM/image. > > If it's a locked down lab you're teaching in, most sites tend to have some > procedure for getting new software installed. Your host may have a better > idea about this. Be prepared to hand them a complete set of instructions for > installation and more importantly a set of tests they can run locally to > ensure everything is installed (ie, open r studio, run x,y,z, or open this > software, click click click and you should see x,y,z) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Adam Obeng > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 12:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Discuss] Workshop with locked-down machines > > Dear colleagues, > > > A workshop next month is using machines on which the users don't have admin > access. As far as I can tell, that means that if there are any installation > issues that we can't anticipate, they'll be stuck. > > Do you have any experience of similar circumstances, or any advice on how to > proceed in this situation? Use a VM, perhaps? > > > Cheers, > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
