Odum Institute: Modular design and automated testing with Python
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Modular design and automated testing with Python
This 4-hour course will be split over 2 days (11/18/24 and 11/20/24) and offered via Zoom. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.
Research is relying on increasingly complex code. However, most academics have not received formal training in software development. This course will introduce participants to some of the best practices of professional software development. Participants will learn to structure their Python code into reusable functions and store those functions as separate scripts and/or packages. Participants will learn to write automated tests for their functions, to help confirm that results are as expected and to ensure that future changes to code do not cause unexpected changes to results.