Software Carpentry Foundation

• NumFOCUS umbrella
• Elected Steering Committee
• Representative, Expert Advisory Council

We make researchers in science, engineering, and medicine more productive by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing.

Software Carpentry Workshops

• Two days of hands-on learning
• Scientists teaching scientists
• Instructors are volunteers
• Materials are all open access

• bash --> automate tasks
• python --> build modular code
• git --> track and share work
• SQL --> manage data
• nose --> program defensively

But Why Do They Do It?

• community
• travel
• teaching experience
• teaching = learning
• sensed need
• etc.

HPCCarpentry?

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software-carpentry.org