Getting Started With Open Source — Notes from the NumFOCUS DISC Unconference
This is a contributed post by participants in the 2017 Diversity and Inclusion in Scientific Computing (DISC) Unconference. This November, almost 40 engineers, data scientists, and open source enthusiasts got together for NumFOCUS’s first Diversity and Inclusion in...
My Favourite Tool: IPython
re-posted with permission from Software Carpentry My favorite tool is … IPython. IPython is a Python interpreter with added features that make it an invaluable tool for interactive coding and data exploration. IPython is most commonly taught via the Jupyter notebook,...
My Favourite Tool: Jupyter Notebook
re-posted with permission from Software Carpentry My favourite tool is … the Jupyter Notebook. One of my favourite tools is the Jupyter notebook. I use it for teaching my students scientific computing with Python. Why I like it: Using Jupyter with the plugin RISE, I...
Hackseq17: Canada’s Genomics Hackathon for Open Science
This post contributed by Jake Lever, a PhD student in the University of British Columbia’s Bioinformatics program. NumFOCUS was pleased to provide funding support to the hackseq17 hackathon. hackseq17: Canada’s genomics hackathon hackseq17: Canada’s genomics...