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Bytes and Bites is at our usual time in our usual building! Join us for a new series of our VU Coding Cafe. On top of our guest lecture we have plenty of news to share on coding, software and licensing within VU Amsterdam, so don't miss out. And as always: pizza and soft drinks are included.

Guest speakers: Dr. Serkan Girgin is an expert in Big Geodata and as a result has a lot of experience with cloud computing both of which require clean and functional code. To deal with this he has created Code Auditor (DOI here). The open-source Code Auditor tool can help you to identify potential issues and offer guidance on how to resolve them.

In this session, you’ll learn how to use Code Auditor to assess research software projects against best practices, identify potential issues, and receive actionable recommendations for improvement. The session is aimed at researchers and RSEs who develop research software, as well as data and software stewards who support FAIR practices in research software development.

With Code Auditor, you can quickly analyze an existing software project, such as a local code base or GitHub repository, and receive a detailed report on various aspects, including code layout, version control, license, citation, user documentation, code documentation, packaging, unit testing, and publishing. The report will highlight issues like missing citation files, inconsistent packaging information, incomplete code documentation, and more, while providing actionable suggestions for improvement.

About Bytes & Bites

Do you want to meet other researchers, improve your programming skills, or ask questions related to programming? Pick up your laptop and come to Bytes & Bites. At Bytes & Bites anyone is welcome, whether you are a beginner or advanced programmer, whether you write in R or in C++.

And of course, you can't program and work with "Bytes" without any tasty "Bites"!

More information about Bytes & Bites and all materials from previous sessions can be found here: https://ubvu.github.io/bytes-and-bites/

Bytes & Bites is hosted at O2 building - Pop-up area Ground Floor