One unresolved issue is how we want the students to set up their dev environment. From our meeting a little over a week ago, the two general options are:
- use a "cloud" environment, e.g. cloud 9
- help students to do a local install with conda
They're are pros and cons to both. Let's try to continue that discussion here.
Starting off, I just went to sign up for a cloud 9 account and I was prompted to enter my credit card for some bizarre reason...
From what I understand, the base service is still free, but they want to have your credit card info for "verification" and in case you want to purchase premium services later. I really don't like having to do this myself or asking student's to do so.
On the other hand, having everything in "the cloud" would make the initial setup way easier and as Dan has pointed out, having access to everyone's work seamlessly is a huge advantage.
One unresolved issue is how we want the students to set up their dev environment. From our meeting a little over a week ago, the two general options are:
They're are pros and cons to both. Let's try to continue that discussion here.
Starting off, I just went to sign up for a cloud 9 account and I was prompted to enter my credit card for some bizarre reason...
From what I understand, the base service is still free, but they want to have your credit card info for "verification" and in case you want to purchase premium services later. I really don't like having to do this myself or asking student's to do so.
On the other hand, having everything in "the cloud" would make the initial setup way easier and as Dan has pointed out, having access to everyone's work seamlessly is a huge advantage.