isabella232 / open-resources

Tools and Resources collected from "Open Science and Sustainable Software for Data-driven Discovery​"

Open Resources

Tools and Resources collected from "Open Science and Sustainable Software for Data-driven Discovery"

Within this README are links to all the resources mentioned in the "Exploring the tricks and tools of the trade" part of the workshop, organised by the Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery, The Alan Turing Institute and British Antarctic Survey.

Open Education / Tuition

Resources dedicated to upskilling data scientists and promoting open research.

• Carpentries
• The Turing Way
• Top 10 Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) Data & Software Things
• Go FAIR

Version Control / Project Management

Managing projects, resources and code, as well as collaborations.

• Git Version Control
• Github
• Gitlab
• OpenProject
• Git introduction - Software Carpentry
• Github introduction by Kirstie Jane
• System Development Lifecycles (SDLC)

Software Development Best Practice

Useful sites about software development generally, and how to make it work for you as a skill.

• UK Government Guidance on Open Source
• Tutorials: Codeacademy
• Deceptive design patterns
• Refactoring Guru - Smart Programming
• Software Sustainability Institute
  • In particular look at the guides for a vast array of materials!

Code / Runtime Environments

Managing and understanding execution environments for your code.

• Environments: Conda
• Environments: Julia Pkg
• Environments: Python venv
• Environments: Containers - Docker
• Environments: Guide to Virtual Machines
• Automation with Github Actions
• Automation with Jenkins
• Automation with Rundeck
• Understanding configuration management

Information Governance

Understanding legal obligations in managing information, be it data, code or research.

• Information Commissioners Office Guide on Data Protection
• General Data Protection Regulation guidance
• Choose a license - coding licenses explained
• Your employment contract
• Local organisational policies
• CIO (Chief Information Officer)
• UKRI / Government Guidance

Publishing

Tools and resources, some critical, that you should know about for publishing.

• ORCID Unique Identifiers
• International Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Federation
• Zenodo
• Arxiv
• Open Science Framework
• Science Octopus
• Your local data champions / data center(s)
• UKRI open-access policy update

This README is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.