Learning How to program on HPC cluster (part I: Scientific software, interpreted languages, compilers)

Introduction to scientific software development and deployment

7 Nov 2023, 09:30

45m

SHANON (building Maxwell first floor) (Louvain-La-Neuve)

Speaker

Damien François (UCLouvain/CISM)

Description

Often, the workflow for researchers is to acquire a piece of software, and either modify it, or wrap it in scripts, or simply install it on the clusters, or all of that at the same time, on many clusters. This session will introduce to the tools that can make this whole process easier.
Contents: Programming paradigms Types of languages and the choice of the language. Tools for deploying software  The programmer's toolkit  Writing comments and elements of style	Prerequisite: Being familiar with a text editor  Mastering the Linux command line and the GNU utilities (mkdir, cp, scp, etc.)
Type: Lecture Target audience: Rookie programmers Must: This session is a nice-to-have.

Presentation materials

Devops2023.pdf