The INTERSECT Research Software Engineering Bootcamp will be a 4.5 day intensive hands-on workshop focusing on practices that will help research software developers improve the quality, reproducibility, and sustainability of their software.

Agenda

All instruction sessions will take place at Princeton University, PCTS, Jadwin Hall, 4th floor.

Day 1 - Monday, July 14

Time	Session Title	Instructor(s)
8:00 - 8:45	Registration & Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00	Welcome & Introduction	Ian Cosden & Jeff Carver
9:00 - 10:15	Project Management Part 1	Miranda Mundt
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:15	Project Management Part 2	Miranda Mundt
11:15 - 12:15	Design Part 1	Abbey Roelofs
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch
1:15 - 3:00	Design Part 2	Abbey Roelofs
3:00 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 4:45	Licensing	John Holland
5:00 - 7:00	Welcome Reception & Dinner	Lewis Library Atrium

*The Monday evening reception & dinner is sponsored by Princeton Research Computing.

Day 2 - Tuesday, July 15

Time	Session Title	Instructor(s)
8:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15	Working Collaboratively Intro	Lauren Milechin
9:15 - 10:30	Collaborative Git Part 1	Lauren Milechin
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 12:00	Collaborative Git Part 2	Lauren Milechin
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	Issue Tracking	Miranda Mundt
2:00 - 3:00	Making Good PRs	Miranda Mundt
3:00 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 4:45	Better Documentation	Miranda Mundt
6:00 - 9:00	Reception Dinner at Palmer House

*The Tuesday evening reception dinner is sponsored by Princeton Research Computing.

Day 3 - Wednesday, July 16

Time	Session Title	Instructor(s)
8:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30	Code Review Part 1	Abbey Roelofs
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 12:15	Code Review Part 2	Abbey Roelofs
12:15 - 12:30	Group Photo
12:30 -	Lunch

*Note: no formal bootcamp activities are planned for Wednesday afternoon. Participants may use this time to explore the area, connect with other participants, or just decompress.

Day 4 - Thursday, July 17

Time	Session Title	Instructor(s)
8:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9:00 - 10:45	Packaging & Distribution Part 1	George Dang & John Holland
10:45 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:15	Packaging & Distribution Part 2	George Dang & John Holland
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch
1:15 - 3:00	Testing Part 1	Gabe Perez-Giz
3:00 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 4:30	Testing Part 2	Gabe Perez-Giz

Day 5 - Friday, July 18

Time	Session Title	Instructor(s)
8:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9:00- 10:30	CI/CD Part 1	Marshall McDonnell
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 11:45	CI/CD Part 2	Marshall McDonnell
11:45 - 12:00	Survey & Final Remarks	Ian Cosden & Jeff Carver
12:00 -	Boxed To-Go Lunch

Meals

During the workshop we will provide breakfast and lunch (M-F) for all participants. Dinner will be provided on Monday and Tuesday, other days are on your own.

Preparation

We expect attendees to come with a basic background in programming. Previous, formal computer science (CS) training is specifically not a prerequisite. Rather, we expect many, if not most attendees to be self-taught programmers coming from non-CS domains. Where possible, we will aim to keep instruction uncoupled from specific languages or technologies. Because this is nearly impossible, we expect attendees to have a working knowledge of python, basic git commands and functionality, competency with an editor, and experience working with the command line. Additionally, participants should be comfortable managing their own development environment on their laptop.

Sponsors

Travel funding is provided via NSF.
Thanks to Princeton Research Computing for supporting the reception dinners.

Questions

Please email Ian Cosden (icosden@princeton.edu) and/or Jeff Carver (carver@cs.ua.edu).