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Appendix 1: Critical preparation
Before the Block 1 Interactive Session you must get the following software working on your computer:
- A working R environment:
- 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
Useful options for group projects:
- Google Colab is a free online Jupyter notebook environment that requires no setup and runs entirely in the cloud. It even has free access to GPUs.
- No sensitive information can be used on Colab.
- Collaboration is very straightforward in this environment.
- Noteable (accessed via Blackboard) is a University of Bristol subscribed service that provides Jupyter notebooks with access to University of Bristol HPC resources. It is free to use for University of Bristol students.
- No sensitive information can be used on Noteable.
- Noteable will time out long jobs.
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