Late last year, I ran a workshop with the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) in Cambridge. It was regarded by all attendees as a success and it was suggested that we archive some tips for organising a small workshop. Here are those tips.

Automated tests provide a way to check that research software both produces scientifically-valid results and that it continues to do so if it is extended, refactored, optimised or tidied. Yet one challenge that can face researchers, especially those with large, legacy codes, is this - where to start?

I am a 37 year old former scientist, currently teaching people how to write software. I used to work as a researcher in the field of material science, but I found my vocation in teaching others how to use software.

Whether you're researching a cure for cancer or the eating habits of the common toad, every now and then you'll want to tell the outside world about your research. It's time for a press release! Here are our five top tips on preparing one.

The ability to communicate your work is vital, whether you are a researcher, software developer or manager. Lightning talks are a popular way of allowing many people to talk about their work in a short time, and making it easy to work out who you should grab for a conversation at the coffee break. (They're popular at workshops, like our Collaborations Workshop.). For many, the idea of giving a talk under such strict timing can be terrifying. These top tips will help you become an electrifying lightning talk presenter.

This blog is already chock-full of useful tips for software development, and much of it applies to sustaining software on supercomputers as well. Here are a few tips on developing sustainable software for supercomputer environments.S

It was going so well. Your team has just built the software it was asked to, but changing circumstances mean your product is no longer relevant. This is, to say the least, a problem. Your organisation has spent resources, time and – needless to say - money creating a product no one wants anymore. With that in mind, you decide from then on to make a transition to agile software development.

The agile approach has an edge over sequential development as it enables far more efficient and dynamic lines of communication, as well as safeguards against changing times. Yet agile is still a challenge to implement. The key is to start with its integration at the lowest levels of the project, and by following these top tip

You have a piece of data-processing code, it works well, and both your colleagues and other researchers think it is useful. So, you decide to turn it into a Web Service so that it can be used by anyone with Web access. Yet do you know how to go about it? These Top Tips will help you get starte

Whether you're researching a cure for cancer or the eating habits of the common toad, every now and then you'll want to tell the outside world about your research. It's time for a press release! Here are our five top tips on preparing one.

Eve is the project lead on the TARDIS team, where she coordinated the development of an app for the study of gastro-esophageal reflux (GOR) in children. The app, called TARDIS:GOR, is currently undergoing beta testing at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. We asked Eve to pass on her top tips on developing apps for the healthcare sector.