A few places left on Software Carpentry course in York - book now!
The SoundSoftware and Software Carpentry projects are organising a three-day bootcamp on software development, during the week preceding the DAFx conference. The bootcamp will run from the 13th to 15th of September 2012 at the University of York.
This bootcamp is suitable and open to all researchers, not just those working in the audio and music tools area.
The goal of the bootcamp is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by teaching them basic software development skills like program design, version control, testing, and task automation. In this boot camp, short tutorials will alternate with hands-on practical exercises. Participants will be encouraged both to help one another, and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems during and between sessions. There will be online follow up sessions for 6 to 8 weeks extending the material from the boot camp.
The course is aimed at postgraduate students and other scientists who are familiar with basic programming concepts (like loops, conditionals, arrays, and functions) but need help to translate this knowledge into practical tools to help them work more productively.
The first two days of the boot camp (Thursday and Friday) will cover the Software Carpentry syllabus, which will include:
- using the shell to do more in less time
- using version control to manage and share information
- basic Python programming
- how (and how much) to test programs
- working with relational databases
This boot camp is free to attend (attendees are responsible for covering their accomodation, travel and subsistence costs). A third day (Saturday) will focus on audio and music research software, with an emphasis on exploring how to apply the skills learned in the first two days. However attendees from other areas are able to only come to the first two days which are aimed at a general audience, and skip the third day.
Deadline for registration is 24th August 2012. Visit the event webpage for more information and registration.