Workshop: Tools and Practices for FAIR Research Software

Online

26 - 29 November 2024

9:00 - 13:00 GMT (UTC + 0)

Instructors: Kamilla Kopec-Harding, Sam Mangham, Colin Sauze

Helpers: Philly Broadbent

General Information

This workshop is organised by the Software Sustainability Institute.

This is a pilot workshop, testing out a lesson that is still under development. The lesson authors would appreciate any feedback you can give them about the lesson content and suggestions for how it could be further improved.

Course material: Course material that will be used at the workshop is available online.

Where: This workshop will take place online via Zoom - the organisers will provide registered participants with the connection information closer to the workshop.

When: 26 - 29 November 2024, 9:00 - 13:00 GMT (UTC + 0).

Requirements: Participants must have access to a computer with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. Participants should have a few specific software packages installed - please make sure to follow the setup instructions.

Contact: Please email s.aragon@epcc.ed.ac.uk for more information.


Code of Conduct

Everyone who participates in this workshop is required to conform to the Code of Conduct.


Surveys

Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.

Pre-workshop Survey

Post-workshop Survey


Schedule

Day 1, 26 November 2024, 9:00 - 13:00 UTC

09:00 Course introduction
09:30 FAIR reseach software
10:00 Break
11:15 Tools and practices for FAIR research software development
12:15 Break
12:30 Tools and practices for FAIR research software development (cont'd)
13:00 End

Day 2, 27 November 2024, 9:00 - 13:00 UTC

09:00 Day 1 recap
09:15 Version control
10:00 Break
10:15 Version Control (cont'd)
11:15 Break
11:30 Code readability
13:00 End

Day 3, 28 November 2024, 9:00 - 13:00 UTC

09:00 Day 2 recap
09:15 Code testing
10:00 Break
10:15 Code testing (cont'd)
11:15 Break
11:30 Documenting code
13:00 End

Day 4, 29 November 2024, 9:00 - 13:00 UTC

09:00 Day 3 recap
09:15 Documenting code (cont'd)
10:00 Break
10:15 Open project collaboration & management
11:15 Break
11:30 Open project collaboration & management (cont'd)
13:00 Wrap-up/End

Setup

Please make sure that you have all the required software installed before coming to the workshop. If you are having installation or setup problems - please contact the workshop organisers who will be able to assist you. Failing to have a working setup on your machine will slow everyone down at the workshop.