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layout: bootcamp
root: .
venue: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
address: 3080 Center Green Drive, Boulder, CO
country: United-States
humandate: Apr 09-10, 2014
humantime: 9:00 am - 4:45 pm
startdate: 2014-04-09
enddate: 2014-04-10
latlng: 40.031528, -105.245847
registration: restricted
instructor: ["Edmund Hart", "Camille Avestruz"]
contact: admin@software-carpentry.org
ipythonnotebook: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/urls
raw: raw.github.com/swcarpentry/bc/gh-pages
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<h2>General Information</h2>

<p>
  <a href="http://software-carpentry.org">Software Carpentry</a>'s mission
  is to help scientists and engineers become more productive
  by teaching them basic lab skills for computing
  like program design, version control, data management, and task automation.
  This two-day hands-on bootcamp will cover basic concepts and tools;
  participants will be encouraged to help one another
  and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.
</p>

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  <strong>Who:</strong>
  The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers.
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<p>
  <strong>Requirements:</strong>
  Participants must bring a laptop with a few specific software packages installed
  (listed below).
</p>

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<h2>Schedule</h2>

<table class="table table-striped">
  <tr> <td>Wednesday</td> <td>08:30-9:00</td>  <td>Help with set-up issues if you would like</td> </tr>
    <tr><td></td>       <td>09:00-10:00</td>  <td>Introductions / The Unix shell</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>10:00 - 10:15</td>   <td>Break (or work through the emacs tutorial)</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>10:15 - 11:15</td>   <td>Task automation with Bash</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>11:15 - 12:15</td>   <td>Introduction to version control and git</td> </tr>

  <tr> <td></td>        <td>12:15 - 13:30</td>  <td>Lunch break</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>13:30 - 15:00</td>  <td>More version control and git</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>15:00 - 15:15</td>  <td>Break</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>15:15 - 16:45</td>  <td>Adavanced git / Github tools / Wrap-up</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td>Thursday</td> <td>09:00 - 10:00</td>  <td>Introduction to Python</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>10:00 - 10:15</td>   <td>Break</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>10:15 - 12:15</td>   <td> Intermediate Python data types and control flow</td> </tr>

  <tr> <td></td>        <td>12:15 - 13:30</td>  <td>Lunch break</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>13:30 - 15:00</td>  <td>Python functions and file I/O</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>15:00 - 15:15</td>  <td>Break</td> </tr>
  <tr> <td></td>        <td>15:15 - 16:45</td>  <td>Unit testing in Python / Wrap-up</td> </tr>
</table>

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<h2>Setup</h2>

<p>
  To participate in a Software Carpentry bootcamp,
  you will need working copies of the software described below.
  Please make sure to install everything
  (or at least to download the installers)
  <em>before</em> the start of your bootcamp.
</p>

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<h2>Topics</h2>

<div class="row-fluid">
  <div class="span6">
    <h3><a href="lessons/swc-shell/tutorial.html">The Unix
    Shell</a></h3>
    <ul>
      <li>{% include guide-shell/intro/title.md %}</li>
      <li>{% include guide-shell/filedir/title.md %}</li>
      <li>{% include guide-shell/create/title.md %}</li>
      <li>{% include guide-shell/pipefilter/title.md %}</li>
      <li>{% include guide-shell/loop/title.md %}</li>
      <li>{% include guide-shell/scripts/title.md %}</li>
      <li>{% include guide-shell/find/title.md %}</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="span6">
    <h3><a href="lessons/swc-git/tutorial.html">Version Control With
    Git </a> <a href="https://github.com/swcarpentry/bc/blob/master/lessons/swc-git/tutorial.md">
    (SWC master version)</a></h3>
    <ul>
      <li>A Better Backup</li>
      <li>Branching</li>
      <li>Merging</li>
      <li>Collaborating</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="span6">
    <h3>Python</h3>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="{{page.ipythonnotebook}}/{{page.raw}}/lessons/thw-python/vars-types/variables.ipynb">Variables
        and Types</a></li>
        <li><a href="{{page.ipythonnotebook}}/{{page.raw}}/lessons/thw-python/data-structures/data_structures.ipynb">Data
        Structures</\
a></li>
        <li><a href="{{page.ipythonnotebook}}/{{page.raw}}/lessons/thw-python/flow-control/python_flow_control.ipynb">Flow
        Control</a>
</li>
        <li><a href="{{page.ipythonnotebook}}/{{page.raw}}/lessons/thw-python/strings-io/tutorial.ipynb">Strings
        and File I/O</a></li>
        <li><a href="{{page.ipythonnotebook}}/{{page.raw}}/lessons/thw-python/functions-and-modules/python_functions_and_modules.ipynb\
">Functions and Modules</a></li>
        <li><a href="lessons/swc-setdict/tutorial.html">Sets and
        Dictionaries</a></li>
      </ul>
  </div>


<h2>Reference Guides</h2>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/aSXDMHiJX2">The bootcamp
  Etherpad</a>
  <li><a href="{{page.root}}/lessons/ref/shell.html">The Unix
  Shell</a></li>
  <li><a href="{{page.root}}/lessons/ref/python.html">Python</a></li>
  <li><a href="{{page.root}}/lessons/ref/sql.html">SQL</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://knightlab.northwestern.edu/2014/03/13/googling-for-code-solutions-can-be-tricky-heres-how-to-get-started/">How
  to Effectively Google for Help When Your Code Isn't Working</a></li>
</ul>