Tools of the Trade

Overview

It is not surprising that 73 will have to use technology. Some of the key requirements of technology in this module are:

1. Easy access to Python,
2. Ease of incorporating a scientific discussion with the Python code,
3. Ease of sharing Python code for feedback and collaborative work.
4. Ease of starting a discussion about the content.

No single platform can fulfil all these requirements, so we must use several different tools. However, I have organised the course to have an easy workflow for you to learn by doing and getting feedback. So here are the platforms we will use.

library(reticulate)
use_python("/Users/chammika/miniconda3/envs/science-work/bin/python", required = TRUE)

	Platform	How it will help us
	Jupyter Notebooks	Easy access to Python with ample features for scientific discussions.
	GitHub Classroom	Sharing the Jupyter Notebooks
	Canvas	Official Learning Management System (LMS) of NUS
	Google Docs	Scheduling and grading.
	TEAMMATES	For within group feedback

In this section, I will show you how to set up two essential tools, namely:

1. GitHub classrooms and
2. Jupyter Notebooks.