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- **[Software lifecycle planning](#software-lifecycle-planning)**, Wednesday 19th November 2025, 2pm to 3pm, online - [slides][lifecycle_slides], [video][lifecycle_video] Passcode: aPD37!B. (includes full stop)
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- **[Software design](#software-design)**, <span style="color: #ff0000">Date TBC</span>
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- **[Testing and Continuous Integration](#testing-and-continuous-integration)**, Wednesday 18th February 2026 - [content][testing_lesson], [files][testing_files]
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- **[Documentation](#documentation)**, <span style="color: #ff0000">Date TBC</span>
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- **[Reproducible computational environments](#reproducible-computational-environments)**, <span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 18th</span> March 2026, 1pm to 3pm, hybrid - [sign up form][session6form] (UoY accounts only) - [slides][rep_env_slides]
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- **[Packaging](#packaging)**, <span style="color: #ff0000">Date TBC</span>
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- **[Publishing a software paper in JOSS](#publishing-a-software-paper-in-joss)**, <span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 15th</span> April 2026, 1pm to 2pm, hybrid - [Eventbrite sign up form][session7form] (open to students and staff at all N8 universities)
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- **[Documentation](#documentation)**, <span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 22nd April 2026, 1pm to 4pm</span>, in-person - [sign up form][session8form] (UoY accounts only)
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- **[Reproducible computational environments](#reproducible-computational-environments)**, Wednesday 18th March 2026, 1pm to 3pm, hybrid - [slides][rep_env_slides], [video][rep_env_video] Passcode: =5CSQ.@N
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- **[Packaging](#packaging)**, <span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 6th May 2026, 1pm to 3pm</span>, in-person - [sign up form][session9form] (UoY accounts only)
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- **[Publishing a software paper in JOSS](#publishing-a-software-paper-in-joss)**, <span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 15th April 2026, 1pm to 2pm</span>, hybrid - [Eventbrite sign up form][session7form] (open to students and staff at all N8 universities)
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### Target Audience and Prerequisites
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We welcome everyone working with research software, from undergraduates to professors, from beginners to experts, and from people who create analysis scripts on their laptops to those who run first principles modelling on supercomputers. Each session will have some individual prerequisites. Some experience with
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### Testing and Continuous Integration
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Wednesday 18th February 2026, in person.
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**Wednesday 18th February 2026, in person.**
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This course aims to equip researchers with the skills to write effective tests
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**Course materials:** [lesson][testing_lesson], [files][testing_files]
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### Documentation
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<span style="color: #ff0000">Date TBC</span>, in person.
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**<span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 22nd April 2026, 1pm to 4pm</span>, in person. [sign up form][session8form] (UoY accounts only)**
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Well-documented software promotes reproducibility, maintainability, and
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### Reproducible computational environments
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**<span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 18th</span> March 2026, 1pm to 3pm, hybrid - follow-along. [Sign up form][session6form] (UoY accounts only)**
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**Wednesday 18th March 2026, 1pm to 3pm, hybrid - follow-along.**
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Ensuring that others are able to take your code, run it, and are able to produce
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the same (or equivalent) results is one of the key tenets of FAIR and
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**Course materials:** [slides][rep_env_slides]
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**Course materials:** [slides][rep_env_slides], [video][rep_env_video] Passcode: =5CSQ.@N
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### Packaging
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<span style="color: #ff0000">Date TBC</span>, in person.
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**<span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 6th May 2026, 1pm to 3pm</span>, in person. [sign up form][session9form] (UoY accounts only)**
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Packaging your software is one of the important steps in a software project to
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### Publishing a software paper in JOSS
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**<span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 15th</span> April 2026, 1pm to 2pm, hybrid. [Eventbrite sign up form][session7form] (open to students and staff at all N8 universities)**
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**<span style="color: #ff0000">Wednesday 15th April 2026, 1pm to 2pm</span>, hybrid. [Eventbrite sign up form][session7form] (open to students and staff at all N8 universities)**
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Did you know that you can actually publish a paper about your software? This is
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[session5form]: https://forms.gle/8tbkbNXyhwasnhGg7
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[session6form]: https://forms.gle/3ohpUuCEasVLcPB77
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[session7form]: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/university-of-york-research-coding-club-publishing-your-software-in-joss-tickets-1984310025703
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[session8form]: https://forms.gle/cnz2FL91bP3tWGjX8
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[session9form]: https://forms.gle/VAZhdxqZDaMhsMqD6
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[intro_slides]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1P5dHCa6yvODlx7i6l89083gR-PpTCYsTQI1QgcqGS2k
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[intro_video]: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/rec/share/RNQpldj13NL53AoEl0F0Y2OyVHImt0m_hmLHVZVSXOqq4XwNUd9mc8eWLWkbLHnz.HQpZ8VwJWr11mr17
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[testing_files]: https://github.com/ResearchCodingClub/python-testing-for-research/tree/main/learners/files
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[rep_env_slides]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/144TqQoYIj1OgbIpQ4JDZmLnx4FtMsg3WL7cvf6N914A/edit?usp=sharing
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[rep_env_video]: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/rec/share/tbZdpdrLcr1JXg-bYcLTB7EHXe8gurgkw1VDL0mAOnCSez61DLKJhMlWYro73H5V.0QibsuCK4VIvDNVZ

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