This post originally appeared on the Software Carpentry website.
Our two-day workshop at the University of Alberta wound up a couple of hours ago. We had quite a few no-shows this time (which was annoying, given how many people were waitlisted), but those who did come seemed to get a lot out of it:
| Good | Bad |
- Room
- Mix of talking & doing
- Stickies
- Version control
- Hands on
- Link on online video
- Python
- Clear speaking
- Computer in lab (using linux)
- Automatic versioning
- Programming in windows in Cygwin
- Philosophy
- Discussion of productivity
- Good reading suggestions
- Functional programming
- Overall workflow
- I feel more competent (morale boost)
- Researched anectodes, backed with data
- Website
- TDD
- Instructor's body language
- Helpers
| - Coffee hard
- Need more projectors
- Having to keep stickies
- No testing
- Not enough depth
- Not convinced about version control
- Too fast on day 1, too slow on day 2
- Need levels
- Came late
- Not enough Python
- No lunch
- No time for notes
- More version control
- Too short break
- No shows
- Pace (a little fast)
- Supervisor wasn't here (need to convince her)
- Where is the code (dropbox?)
- Bad chairs
- Windows alienation
- Mailing list
- Making DB (no info)
|
Many thanks to Rose, Neil, and Paul for making it possible.
