Development Container Configuration Code Generator

This template repository creates a starter development container setup suitable for use in the department research computing server.

Generating Starter Code

To create your setup, follow these steps:

1. Enter the following command to generate your project starter code:

   copier copy gh:UCSB-PSTAT/devcontainer-template <name-of-project-directory>

   where <name-of-project-directory> is the name of the directory you wish to save your project files to. The output would look similar to the following for a project called my-awesome-project:

   $> copier copy gh:UCSB-PSTAT/devcontainer-template my-awesome-project-folder
   🎤 What is the name of your project? (Must be unique and use lowercase, dashes -, underscores _ ONLY)
   my-awesome-project
   🎤 What language(s) will you use in this project?
   R and Python
   🎤 Do you want to install Visual Studio Code extensions for Jupyter notebooks using R and Python?
   Yes
   🎤 Install RStudio Server? This is optional if using VS Code and R extensions for development.
   No
   🎤 Install Quarto? Quarto is optional publishing system compatible with R and Python.
   No
   🎤 Do you want to include example files?
   Yes
   
   Copying from template version 1.4.2
       create  .
       create  README.md
       create  example.Rmd
       create  .devcontainer
       create  .devcontainer/Dockerfile
       create  .devcontainer/devcontainer.json

2. View generated files:

   tree -a <name-of-project>

   The output would look similar to the follwing:

   $> tree -a my-awesome-project-folder
   starter-code/
   ├── .devcontainer
   │   ├── devcontainer.json
   │   └── Dockerfile
   ├── example.Rmd
   └── README.md
   
   1 directory, 4 files

3. Use generated files:

   • Upload my-awesome-project-folder to a GitHub repository to start a new repository for your project.
   • Create and download a zip file to manually add .devcontainer directory and its contents to an existing project.

Upload to GitHub Repository

1. Authenticate with your GitHub account:

   gh auth login

2. Convert generated files to a repository:

   cd /home/jovyan/work/
   git init
   git add *
   git commit -m "first commit"
   git branch -M main

3. Upload local repository to a new GitHub repository.
   Be sure to choose, "Push an existing local repository to GitHub":

   cd /home/jovyan/work/
   gh repo create 

Download

1. Create a zip file of starter-code contents:

   zip -r my-awesome-project.zip my-awesome-project-folder

2. Click on Jupyter logo to open Jupyter Lab.
3. Download the zipfile, my-awesome-project.zip
4. Once downloaded, unzip the contents and add the .devcontainer folder to the root of your project folder.