02 Call Digest

[stefaniebutland]

Hi @Openscapes/2024-epa-cohort ! (see how I tagged you all using the GitHub Team name?)

Last week we touched the tip of the iceberg that is GitHub. Thank you all for your willingness to try things and ask questions. Below is a light digest of Call 02 with a reminder of tasks for next time.

Now that we’ve practiced using GitHub Issues, we’ll be posting Cohort Call Digests here and not emailing them 😁 ... though by tagging our Cohort GitHub Team that includes your username, you should receive an email notification (unless you’ve set ‘Watch’ to Ignore). Try clicking on the Digest issue label; it will show only the issues that have that label. Maybe practice by adding an emoji, or replying with a question.

In Coworking on May 2, Gayle and Farnaz will screenshare and tell how they use GitHub to manage their EPA documentation and code, Julie and Stef can share other examples, and we’ll have time for practice, questions and discussion.

Wishing you a good week of commits and issues!

Stef, Julie, Gayle, Jeff, Farnaz, Mike

Digest: Cohort Call 02 [ 2024-epa ]

Openscapes_CohortCalls [ 2024-epa ] folder - contains agendas, recordings, pathways
https://openscapes.github.io/2024-epa/- cohort webpage

Goals: We practiced GitHub hands-on for collaborative research through publication and project management, from the browser. A brief time together to get hands-on experience and experiment.

Tasks: please see the Agenda doc (under Closing) for details

• Have a Seaside Chat to explore and practice GitHub
• Update your team’s information to our cohort repo’s README: https://github.com/Openscapes/2024-epa
• (optional) Attend Coworking Thursday

Slide Decks:

• GitHub Clinic. Contributing from the browser (slides)

A few lines from shared notes in the Agenda doc

• Markdown:
  • Main Markdown rules: https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/markdown-basics
  • When you see a page like https://openscapes.github.io/2024-epa/, you know there is a GitHub source > https://github.com/Openscapes/2024-epa
  • Jim screenshared making a table in Markdown – using “pipe” key just above your Enter key. See his public project page: https://github.com/USEPA/DelawareRiverDO/tree/main/data
  • Jason likes Markdown for equation editing! – see in his jason.md file. Inspect then click Raw.
  • Jeff suggested this link for math equation writing in Markdown
  • Farnaz suggested: Detexify LaTeX handwritten symbol recognition (kirelabs.org)
• Openscapes Community Call: GitHub for NASA Openscapes community calendaring & project management summary and recording
• Getting onto EPA’s GitHub
  • You can use our Openscapes Cohort repo as a “sandbox”. If you’ve decided to use EPA GitHub space, see the following resources
  • EPA GitHub space: https://github.com/USEPA
  • Farnaz can help folks getting set up on EPA GitHub
  • Posted by Gayle in Teams: How to get registered to use EPA's GitHub space. Note - this is NOT required to be part of the Openscapes cohort activities but may be useful if you already know you'd like to create an EPA GitHub repository for a project. Key link: Fill in this form to have your GitHub ID registered on the EPA side: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=s3iziEhnZ0is-Xaqy-ymp_TJL0U9QNRNkb9mkSlpQtpUNUtVSEVHRjZWMEFDVTNNR1NEM0lEVk5BSy4
  • Alana suggested: https://work.epa.gov/it-architecture/github-guidance
  • Farnaz shared video recording of January CEMM Data Science meeting
  • Ask Farnaz or Jeff if you need access to the recording
  • If you are part of CEMM, and would like to join CEMM Data Science meetings, ask Farnaz or Jeff for an invite