Tools That Help You Write Better Code

In this workshop, we will investigate a variety of tools to ensure a software project is kept readable, clean, up to date, and as close to bug and warning free as possible. We will primarily focus on Python tooling, though much of what we cover will be applicable to other languages as well. We’ll cover testing, coverage, and especially static checks, which can give you some assurance over even untested code. We’ll look at some aspects of packaging as well.

Meet the Facilitator

Henry Schreiner is a Computational Physicist and Lecturer with PICSciE.

More Software Engineering Training

Below is the full line-up of Wintersession 2025 software engineering training by PICSciE/RC:

Good Practices for Research Software Engineering on 1/13
Intro to Version Control with Git and GitHub on 1/13
Mastering vim: Edit as Fast as You Think on 1/14
Creating Reusable Python Code: From Notebooks to Scripts to Packages on 1/14
How to Package and Publish Your Python Code on 1/15
A.I. and the Future of Programming on 1/16
Debugging and Profiling Code in Python and R on 1/16
Gotcha! How to Write Software Tests to Improve Code Quality on 1/21
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) with GitHub Workflows on 1/21
Tools That Help You Write Better Code on 1/22

More Training Workshops

See the entire PICSciE/RC Wintersession 2025 training program.

Accomodations

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Co-hosted with: PICSciE/Research Computing

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