Introduction and setup

Overview

Teaching: 10 min
Exercises: 10 min

Questions

• How can I prepare?

Objectives

• Set expectations for engagement and behavior

Acknowledgement of country

We wish to acknowledge the custodians of the land we reside on. These lessons were developed on the lands of the Wadjuk (Perth region) people of the Nyoongar nation. We pay our respect to their Elders and acknowledge their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of our cities and regions.

Overview

This training was developed by ADACS in collaboration with the ASA ECR chapter.

This workshop has been developed in the style of Carpentries (hence the site layout) but is not an official Carpentries lesson. Some of the content is intended for learners to read, think, and ask questions. The workshop is designed to have three lessons per day dedicated to explaining and demonstrating skills, followed by an afternoon session of skills practice where people can work on their group project.

Workshop Format

This workshop is deisnged to be consumed in two modes. The primary mode being an online collaborative facilitated event, for interactive learning, and the secondary mode as a self-paced activity. Each of the four workshops are designed to fit into a 2 hour timeslot, with 90 mins of content and 30 mins of additional time to allow for extended questions and discussion, but also in case of technical difficulties. There are four workshops in total, and they will be presented as an “on” session, where we follow through the workshop content, and an “off” week where there is no aditional content, with the aim of giving participants time to digest and try out many of the lessons that they have learned, and then have a follow up discussion about troubles they have found or further ideas that they had.

Assumed knowledge / required software

This course assumes that you have basic proficiency in python.

Software requirements for running on your own computer:

• Python 3.8+ with the following modules (requirements.txt)
  • numpy
  • pandas
• make
  • Windows
  • OSX brew install make
  • Linux sudo apt install build-essential (though likely already installed)
• A text editor of your choice
  • Vim/Emacs/Nano / whatever

Assumed knowledge (links for info):

• Python scripting SWC Lesson, ADACS Lesson
• Basic bash usage SWC Lesson

Engagement

This workshop is all about learning by doing. We will be engaging in live coding type exercises for most of the workshop, and we will set challenges and exercises for you to complete in groups. The more you engage with your fellow learners and the more questions that you ask, the more that you will get out of this workshop.

We will use a shared document to manage and record many of our interactions.

Conduct

This workshop will be an inclusive and equitable space, which respects:

• the lived experience of it’s attendees,
• the right for all to learn, and
• the fact that learning means making mistakes.

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

• Behave professionally. Harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary comments or jokes are not appropriate.
• All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds.
• Sexual or sexist language and imagery is not appropriate.
• Be considerate and respectful to others.
• Do not insult or put down other attendees.
• Critique ideas rather than individuals.
• Do not engage in tech-shaming.

See the Software Carpentries code of conduct for more information.

Key Points

• Ask questions, experiment, and help others

• Everyone is here to learn and that means making mistakes