Proposal: Native scripting in Windows: the Command Prompt interface

[serahkiburu]

Title of the session: Native scripting in Windows: the Command Prompt interface

Session details

• Session type: Skill-up session

• Keywords: Windows, command prompt, command line interface, scripting, automation, native

• Permission to record this session: Yes

Abstract

SW focuses on task automation and proposes Bash shell as an effective tool to this end. However, in Windows it is not a native tool and it can lead to problems with software designed primarily for Windows (many scriptable engineering packages are such). However, there exists a native tool with capabilities comparable to that of the shell. Learning how to effectively use the command prompt would provide attendees with a technical skill very interesting to the engineering community at large. This in turn would help grow the interest in The Carpentries workshops and, in a wider perspective, the diffusion of Open Science practices in the engineering community.

Personal details

• Name or pseudoname of the session lead: Luca Di Stasio

• Co-leads' names (we recommend involving 2 helpers/co-leads): PENDING

• Email or other ways to contact the session leads/co-leads: luca.distasio@gmail.com

• Country of residence and/or compatible Time Zones (provide options): Currently Sweden, CEST (UTC +2)

• Would you like to present this multiple times, in other time zones: I'm available if there is interest, I believe I should be able to provide reasonably scheduled sessions for time zones from UTC -7 to UTC +12.

• Would you like to volunteer to be listed as a wrangler/host for your time zone: Yes

Is there any help you would like to invite from the community? Please provide below in bullet points.

• Need at least 2 helpers/co-lead confident with Windows command line scripting

• It would be interesting to develop a lesson in the SW-format on this topic. People interested in collaborating on this are welcome to write to me!

• The session is meant to be run as a live-coding workshop, so be sure to have a computer running Windows at hand!

• Please notice that this skill-up session is directed to novices, starting from the basics of command-line usage, similar to the SW Unix Shell lesson.

[serahkiburu]

Hi @lucadistasio, thanks for agreeing to run your skill-up session remotely for CarpentryCon@Home. Please add details about your session to the sections with information pending above by editing the issue text.

[ousodaniel]

@LucaDiStasio thanks for your interest in regional hosting, check out the details here please. We'd love to see you sign up. Best

[serahkiburu]

Hi @LucaDiStasio, the organising committee reviewed this session proposal and had this to say:

We are really glad to have an enthusiastic group of four leading it! This session is designed for folks working with windows operating system. It is a good proposal because it can reach people who would not be otherwise interested in the Carpentries. To align it with The Carpentries approach to teach for all 3 platforms, we recommend the session leads to describe how others (with different platform) can participate and learn. It is not clear from the abstract which Carpentries workshop participants they are targeting. The reviewer recommend to clearly state that they this session will focus on learners or instructors, which will invite appropriate participants and run a invaluable discussion.

Really excited for your session, and more details i.e. around scheduling will be shared with you in the coming days. For the time being, there are a few details missing (marked as PENDING) in your proposal, please have a look and add information. Thanks!