[Bioclusters] re: software skills course

[Brodie, Kent]

Hey!  Very cool for us perl-newbies.  :-)   Much appreciated.  

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> From: bioclusters-bounces+brodie=mcw.edu at bioinformatics.org
> [mailto:bioclusters-bounces+brodie=mcw.edu at bioinformatics.org] On
Behalf
> Of Tim Booth
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:41 AM
> To: bioclusters at bioinformatics.org
> Cc: gvwilson at cs.utoronto.ca; Bela Tiwari; Joe Wood
> Subject: [Bioclusters] re: software skills course
> 
> Hi Greg + list people,
> 
> As part of a bioinformatics group in Oxford, UK, I was involved in
> putting on a similar (2 day) course in Perl.  The notes and exercises
> are on the web:
> 
> http://envgen.nox.ac.uk/envgen/training/archives/000445.html
> 
> The audience ranged from complete programming novices to some with
> moderate coding experience, so we got some good feedback on how the
> scientists approached the programming concepts, though we didn't cover
> anything particularly advanced or get into software design,
> re-usability, testing regimes etc.
> 
> Also, though I have been programming for years I have never got around
> to learning Python so this looks like a great time to learn the basics
> while reviewing your notes.  I don't think I'll be able to make it
over
> for the trial run of the course :-( but I'd really like to see the
> materials, and will send feedback.  I may even be able to find a real
> scientist to try them out on!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> TIM
> 
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:58:27 -0400
> > From: Greg Wilson <gvwilson at cs.utoronto.ca>
> > Subject: [Bioclusters] re: software skills course
> > To: bioclusters at bioinformatics.org
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm working with support from the Python Software Foundation to
develop
> > an open source course on basic software development skills for
people
> > with backgrounds in science and engineering.  I have a beta version
of
> > the course notes ready for review, and would like to pull in people
> > in sci&eng to look it over and give me feedback.  If you know anyone
> > who fits this bill (particularly people who might be interested in
> > following along with a trial run of the course this fall), I'd be
> > grateful for pointers.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg Wilson
> >
> 
> 
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