Computing support in the Department: issues@astronomy.nmsu.edu

Computing environment: desktops, servers, and laptops. Remote desktops

Possible topics for today:

• Programming: general consideration
• Introduction to Python and Python plotting
• Introduction to LaTeX
• Introduction to web pages and HTML

Other topics:

• Introduction to version control/git
• Introduction to databases/sql
• Introduction to IDL
• Introduction to TOPCAT
• Python debugger
• Command line arguments in Python
• Error handling in Python
• Object oriented programming: Python classes
• Taking Python plotting to the next level: multiplot handling and event handling
• Python package development
• Python unit tests
• Documentation using sphinx
• software environments using modules