Appendix 1: Critical preparation

Before the Block 1 Interactive Session you must get the following software working on your computer:

• A working R environment:
  • Rstudio which will prompt you to install:
  • R (if you have not already)
• A working Git environment:
  • Note that this is addressed in Workshop 1.3, the main workshop in Block 1

Before the Block 5 Workshop you must get the following software working on your computer:

• Jupyter Notebook

Before the Block 7 Workshop you must:

• Request access to Bluecrystal Phase 4 (NB DO THIS A WEEK IN ADVANCE)
• Set up access to to Bluecrystal Phase 4

Reference material:

• Install R Studio and R
• How to set up Github Desktop and Git
• How to get access to BlueCrystal
• Virtual environments: see Appendix 3: Replicability
• How to work with Markdown