Software Carpentry in 90 Seconds
Greg Wilson
February 2012
Mission
Help scientists be more productive
by teaching them basic computing skills
Our mission is to help scientists be more productive by teaching them basic computing skills.
Problem
Scientists spend 40% or more of their time wrestling with software...
The problem we're trying to solve is that scientists often spend 40% or more of their time wrestling with software...
But 95% or more are primarily self-taught
...but 95% or more of them are primarily self-taught.
So they spend hours doing things that should take minutes...
So they spend hours doing things that should take minutes...
...reinvent a lot of wheels...
...reinvent a lot of wheels...
...and still don't know if their results are reliable or not
...and still don't know if their results are reliable or not.
Solution
Short intensive workshops
Our solution combines short, intensive workshops...
Plus self-paced online instruction
...with self-paced online instruction.
Benefit
More confidence in results
The benefit to the scientist is more confidence in their results...
Plus higher productivity
...and higher productivity.
Workshops
Core skills needed to be productive in a small research team
The workshops cover the core skills needed to be productive in a small research team:
- Basic programming
Basic programming...
- Version control
...version control...
- Testing
...testing...
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Online
More depth on core topics
The self-paced learning goes into more depth on these core topics...
- Program design
...program design...
- Spreadsheets
...spreadsheets...
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Licensing
All content is available online
All our content is available online...
Creative Commons license
...under a Creative Commons license...
Re-use and re-mix freely
...so you can re-use and re-mix it freely.
Support
We're supported by the Sloan Foundation...
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...and Mozilla...
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Support
...and in the past, have had support from a wide range of universities, government labs, companies, and other organizations.
Contributing
Give us feedback
If you'd like to contribute, you can give us feedback...
Answer questions
...answer questions...
Create lessons and exercises
...create lessons and exercises...
Organize and run workshops
...or organize and run a workshop in your area.
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