Re: [Discuss] using the DC ecology Python lesson in place of the SWC Python for SWC workshop

2017-10-17 Thread Azalee Bostroem
Hi Leo, Here is a link to what is required to call a workshop SWC: https://software-carpentry.org/faq/#core-topics The SWC requirements are more about topic taught by a SWC certified instructor than specific lesson and do cover version control, automation (shell), and Python/R. Azalee > On

Re: [Discuss] using the DC ecology Python lesson in place of the SWC Python for SWC workshop

2017-10-17 Thread Leo Browning
Hi April, thank you for pointing out that the core requirements for SWC are simply "structured programming in R or Python" on the website. I had always assumed that SWC requirements were more like the DC ones in that you had to cover SWC Git/mercurial, shell and python/R. perhaps I was just

Re: [Discuss] using the DC ecology Python lesson in place of the SWC Python for SWC workshop

2017-10-17 Thread April Wright
Hi Leo- I've been at workshops where the instructors have run some of the first DC Python lessons in conjunction with the SWC lessons, or have run the first couple DC and using the SWC lessons for more advanced lessons. I know I should keep better track of how people are using the DC Python

[Discuss] Please share information about your favourite tool

2017-10-17 Thread Belinda Weaver
Hello everyone We have a global community working in many different disciplines using a vast range of tools. On our blog, we would like to tap into that community experience and then share that hard-won knowledge. This kind of information could help people new to a discipline, or might inspire

Re: [Discuss] Please share information about your favourite tool

2017-10-17 Thread Bruce Becker
Hi all, this doesn't really answer Belinda's question, but I've found stackshare really useful for this - e.g. https://stackshare.io/brucellino We used it quite a bit during the e-research hacks... https://stackshare.io/sci-gaia-e-research-hackfest You can explain what you like about tools in