Software Development Best Practice

Overview

The course is designed to be interactive, though all related resources are available on the following pages.

This course comprises two two-hour sessions. The course is designed to be interactive and so will be delivered within a seminar style with live demonstrations and activities. We have allowed plenty of time for discussion and questions throughout - please simply shout out any questions/comments you have or raise your physical/virtual hand. We will also have a short comfort break approximately three quarters of the way through the session. We will also share the slides and there is a list of resources on the website for this course.

Course Objectives

• On completion of this course, we will:

  • have a high-level understanding of software development for research.

  • be able to collaborate on code effectively.

  • be able to improve the reproducibility of our research by understanding how to make our code useful to others.

  • have the necessary foundations for intermediate level courses that will delve deeper into software development topics.

Pre-requisite Knowledge

There is no pre-requisite knowledge and the workshop is designed to be appropriate for anyone interested in software development.