lec01.md

Lecture #1: Introductions: Course and Command-line

1. Introductions
2. Motivation for course
   • Best Practices for Scientific Computing
   • Good Enough Practices for Scientific Computing
   • If You Can't Reproduce It, Is it Still Science?
3. Review syllabus
4. Options for working environment when not in class
   • CAE Linux via ssh
     • Pros: least software requirements, works the same from anywhere
     • Cons: no graphical environment
   • CAE Linux VNC
     • Pros: minimal software requirements, graphical user environment
     • Cons: no control over versions of software
   • Laptop native
     • Pros: work in the operating system you are familiar with, don't need to install virtual machine software
     • Cons: instructor not familiar with non-linux system
   • Laptop virtual machine
     • Pros: work in customized linux environment
     • Cons: may be resource intensive
   • Commercial cloud (e.g. Digital Ocean)
     • Pros: work in customized linux environment, learn cloud computing
     • Cons: cost, requires network and may requires some network knowledge