Software Carpentry Bootcamp Manchester
Software Carpentry Bootcamp Manchester Ive spent the last two days as a helper at a Software Carpentry Bootcamp held at the University of Manchester, and its been really interesting and fun. Software Carpentry is a volunteer organisation and runs the bootcamps with the aim of helping postgraduate students and scientists become more productive by teaching them basic computing skills like program design, version control, testing, and task automation. Many of the materials are freely available online via the bootcamps Github page: along with transcipts of some of the tutorials there are some excellent supporting materials including hints and tips on common Bash and editor commands (theres even more on the main Software Carpentry website). The bootcamp format consisted of short tutorials alternating with hands-on practical exercises, and as a helper the main task was to support the instructors by offering assistance to participants if they found themselves stuck for some reason in the exer...