R Room Schedule (Adina / Molly)
Helpers:
Ali Berens, Haibo Liu, Viraj Muthye, Ryan Williams, Fan Yang
Subject to Change
Day 1
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Setup Help |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Introduction |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Shell I |
| 10:30 - 10:40 | Break |
| 10:40 - 12:00 | Shell II |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Version Control I |
| 2:30 - 2:40 | Break |
| 2:40 - 4:15 | Version Control II |
| 4:15 - 4:30 | Wrap up and Questions |
Day 2
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Review / Questions |
| 9:30 - 10:40 | Intro to R I |
| 10:40 - 10:50 | Break |
| 10:50 - 12:00 | Intro to R II |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Computing best practices |
| 2:30 - 2:40 | Break |
| 2:40 - 4:15 | Group Exercise |
| 4:15 - 4:30 | Wrap up and Questions |
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Installation
To complete the entire workshop, we use several things: a Bash shell, Git, a code editor (though any plain text editor will work in a pinch), and R. With these tools, your computer will be ready for a wide variety of scientific computing tasks. One of our goals in this workshop is to help you get these cutting-edge programs installed so you can focus on science in the future, not installation.Bash
Bash is a commonly-used shell. Using a shell gives you more power to do more tasks more quickly with your computer.
Mac
The default shell in all versions of Mac OS X is bash,
so no need to install anything. You access bash from
the Terminal (found
in /Applications/Utilities). You may want
to keep Terminal in your dock for this workshop.
Windows
Install Git Bash following these instructions. This gives you the Bash shell plus Git.
Linux
The default shell is usually bash but if not you can
get to bash by opening a terminal and
typing bash. No need to install
anything.
Code Editor
When you're writing code, it's nice to have a text editor that is optimized for writing code, with features like automatic color-coding of key words.
Mac
We recommend Text Wrangler or Sublime Text.
Windows
Notepad++ is a popular free code editor for Windows.
Linux
Kate is one option for Linux users.
R
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
All Operating Systems
Download the precompiled binary distributions of R from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) and install following instructions.
We will also be using an R IDE (integrated development environment) called RStudio. To install RStudio, download the installer recommended for your machine.
Git
Git is the most popular version control system, a system that records changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later, in the scientific community.
Mac
Download the graphical OSX Git installer from Sourceforge and install following instructions.
Windows
Install Git Bash following these instructions. This gives you the Bash shell plus Git.
Linux
If you are on a Debian-based distribution like Ubuntu, try apt-get:
$ apt-get install git
If you're on Fedora, you can use yum:
$ yum install git-core