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Software Carpentry bootcamp in Canberra

Primary LanguageR

Software Carpentry R Bootcamp

Canberra, October 9 - 10

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For a schedule and installation instructions check out the bootcamp webpage at http://australianbioinformatics.net/software-carpentry-r-bootcamp

Please open the bootcamp etherpad in a separate browser tab. We'll use it to take collaborative notes.

Tentative Schedule

Day 1 schedule

Topic Time slot
Welcome and introduction 9 - 9:20
Introduction to scientific programming with R 9:20 - 10
Break 10 - 10:20
Writing functions and other control structures 10:20 - 12
Lunch 12 - 1
Data manipulation with R 1 - 2
Break 2 - 2:20
Writing functions and other control structures (cont) 2:20 - 3
Break 3 - 3:15
Data visualization in R 3:15 - 5

Day 2 schedule

Topic Time slot
Basics of the shell 9 - 10
Version Control with Git 10 - 12
Lunch 12-1
Git continued 1 - 1:45
Testing- More data manipulation 1:45 - 2:30
Break 2:30 - 2:45
Reproducible workflows with R (Reproducible documents with R and knitr) time permitting 2:45 - 4:30
Summary and wrap up 4:30 - 4:45

Software installation reminder

For installation instructions see here and also further instructions here

Post bootcamp notes