Generalise to Python (and Docker?)

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The NHS-R Community statements on the use of open source tools including (but not exclusively) R and R Studio.

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Generalise to Python (and Docker?) #9

Open wbryant opened 2 years ago

wbryant commented 2 years ago

The arguments around R and R packages will be similar for Python and Docker, though their repos (e.g. PyPi and Dockerhub) are run somewhat differently to CRAN as I understand it.

Can this therefore be generalised, but with a few R/Python specific chunks mixed in there.

Not to overcomplicate things but I just discovered RMarkdown parameters; I could just imagine having a document here where you can select Python or R at the beginning and the entire document adjusts accordingly ...

ChrisBeeley commented 2 years ago

I agree with you, I wouldn't want to over-generalise it though. I think it would be good to have something that goes:

Here is guidance for open tooling and code sharing
Here is guidance for R
Here is guidance for Python
Here is guidance for Docker

However, I wouldn't want the NHS-R community to produce guidelines for using Python or Docker, I'd like help from others to do this