Course Information

If you are looking for an easy way to share your code with others, without worrying about the computational environment they are running or installing a long list of requirements, then Binder might be the solution for you. Binder allows you to share your software with others in the form of a single clickable link, making it easier for users and removing the need for you to worry about supporting lots of different platforms. (One example Binder: A collection of notebooks about neural networks)

During this 4-hr workshop we will discuss reproducible computing environments, show examples of others’ projects in myBinder.org and help you learn how to prepare a binder-ready project. At the end of the workshop you will be able to take some of your own content (in a R or Jupyter notebook, or scripts that can be run in the terminal) and prepare it so that it can be used by others on myBinder.org.

Programme:

Introduction to the workshop and The Turing Way
Why you need a reproducible computing environment and how Binder can help
Zero to Binder, a guided tour of building a Binder resource
Build your own Binder
Demonstrating your Binder, general questions, feedback and close

This workshop will be run via Zoom by the Turing Way project team on Thursday, 11 June 2020. The Turing Way is a handbook to support students, their supervisors, funders and journal editors in ensuring that reproducible data science is "too easy not to do". It is openly developed and any and all questions, comments and recommendations are welcome at its github repository or in the gitter chat room. The interdisciplinary Turing Way team includes data scientists, research software engineers and librarians. The Turing Way team are all motivated to ensure that all results can be independently verified and built upon in future work and want to help as many people learn the skills and tools required to do so. It is hoped that workshop participants will also contribute their "tips and tricks" on using Binder to the book to share what they've learned with others.

Prerequisites:

Interested in reproducibility, containers, Docker or continuous integration;
Looking to communicate their research more effectively;
Familiar with R Markdown or Jupyter notebooks.
Please sign up for a GitHub account if you don't already have one: https://github.com/join

Selection process:

The workshop needs a minimum of 15 participants to run.
The maximum number of participants is 35. Please note that priority will be given to UK DRI researchers.
You will be emailed by 31 May if you are selected.
Due to the interactive nature of this workshop, there are currently no plans to record it.

Please email us at enquiries@ukdri.ac.uk with any further questions or queries.

Workshop: Boost Research Reproducibility with Binder