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Software Carpentry

About the Carpentries

The Carpentries aim to help researchers by teaching them computing skills in order to work more effectively with data. Comprehensive, two-day workshops cover concepts and tools that workshop participants can apply to their own research and workflows. These tools include, but are not limited to:

  • The Unix shells (bash, zsh, sh, etc.)
  • Git and GitHub
  • R
  • Python
  • SQL
  • OpenRefine

The overall Carpentries project is comprised of Software CarpentryData Carpentry, and Library Carpentry. Each of those is a community of instructors, trainers, maintainers, helpers, and supporters.

This page contains brief overviews of some of the tools, along with installation and support information for workshop participants.

Data Services from UC Merced Library

Overview of Services

Workshops