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pyOpenSci

Leah A Wasser, Director of Earth Analytics Education, Earth Lab

University of Colorado -- Boulder

Chris Holdgraf, Jupyter Core Team, My Binder -- Berkeley

Promoting open, well documented, tested software for science

leahawasser

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reusable,
well documented,
tested &
discoverable software

A community that values open science

(new!)

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200,000+

Packages on

PyPI

How do I use the package?

Is it actively maintained?

What package do I use?

So why should you care about pyopensc?

Well python is a fantastic programming language because it’s general and widely used!

And python is a hard language to use sometimes because – it’s general and widely used.

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You see there are so many tools out there… and sometimes you look for a tool to do something and find 10 different tools that all do similar things.

Or other times you might find the perfect tool but go to use it and realize the documentation could use some love… it’s not clear where to start.

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Save this for mentimeter!!

Show of hands:

Who has ever used a tool that is not documented as well as you’d like it to be?

Who has ever found a tool but it seems like it’s out of date or not maintained?

Why pyopensci? We have JOSS. -- the journal for open source software.

Who is interested in seeing open source software gain currency in academia? So you get credit for your efforts in a similar way you would writing a paper?

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Minimize Redundancy: similar packages?
Encourage Usability: Docs, docs, docs!
Is it tested?
Supports maintainers over time
Citable: Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) partnership

Peer review of scientific software

www.pyopensci.org

pyopensci

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Review Process: EarthPy

https://github.com/pyOpenSci/software-review/issues/3

EarthPy

Editor

Community Review

JOSS Fast Track

(Optional!)

EarthPy contributors

Peer reviewed

and Discoverable

Submission (GitHub)

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pyOpenSci is for YOU.

Training? Developing documented & tested code.�
Mentoring? Are you interested in being a reviewer but new to the coding “scene”?

Help us develop our education mission

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Get Involved

Submit a package for review.
Come to a community meeting
Join our community forum
Write a blog
Spread the word!

www.pyopensci.org

pyopensci

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Town Hall

Wednesday @12:30pm

Moscone West - 2010, L2

www.pyopensci.org

pyopensci

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Thank you!

pyopensci.org

leahawasser

leah.wasser@colorado.edu

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How pyOpenSci Works

Review mentorship available!

Submit Tool For Review

Community Review

Accept Package: Discoverable

Fast Track in JOSS

OPTIONAL

Increased Package Visibility

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Reviewer Signup

https://forms.gle/wvwLaLQre58YLHpD6

Mentimeter Polling

https://www.menti.com/q95pjsws2e