Checklist#

Required setup#

Attention

Please make sure to find some time to go through the below material before the hackweek.

Upon completion you:

Slack Account#

All of our communication throughout the hackweek will be done using the uwhackweek Slack workspace. With your invite to the hackweek, you should also have received a separate email to join the Slack workspace. Upon accepting the invite, please take a moment to complete your Slack profile. Having your name and picture with your Slack account helps us and your peers to identify you on Slack and builds a more personal community throughout the week.

EarthData Login#

We’ll have you download some data from NSIDC for your tutorials and projects. Visit our Earthdata page to learn how to access and Earthdata login account if you don’t already have one!

GitHub Account#

Everyone attending uwhackweek will require obtaining a GitHub account. Visit our GitHub instruction page to learn how!

JupyterHub#

We will offer all tutorials within the Jupyter Hub computing environment. Visit our Introduction to Jupyter Hub page to learn more!

Git#

All content of the hackweek will be shared via GitHub and interacting with the website will be done via the git command. Visit Setting up the git command to learn how to configure that!