Summary and Schedule

Byte-sized RSE

Byte-sized RSE is a series of standalone mini training materials providing key research software skills in around 1-1.5 hour. It has been originally been developed and run by the UNIVERSE-HPC project. There have been 3 Byte-sized RSE series so far, each with a number of episodes - some of which are documented in this course:

  • Integrated Development Environments
  • Code Style & Linting
  • Intermediate Git
  • Code Review
  • Unit Testing Code

Each episode is standalone - you can jump staight into the episode you are interested in and do not have to read preceeding episodes.

Target Audience

Research Software Engineers (RSEs), reseachers and postgraduates involved in computational research who already posses foundational computational skills and who are now:

  • looking for quick refreshers, tips, or wanting to improve the sustainability or quality of their research code and are keen on continuous learning without heavy time investment.
  • interested in advancing their skills and learning best practices for software in research.
  • seeking digestible content to bridge the gap between research and software and benefiting from short-form RSE tips/tools to improve their research workflows.

Prerequisite

Episodes may require some prerequisite knowledge clearly described at the start or each episode, along with its own, individual, setup instructions.

The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.

Setup

Each episode is standlaone and has its own individual setup - there is no setup for the whole course.