CodeRefinery workshop - open software, automated testing and AI assisted coding

24 Mar 2026, 10:00 → 26 Mar 2026, 15:00 Europe/Berlin

303 (ACC Cyfronet AGH)

Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Oskar Klimas (ACC Cyfronet AGH)

This free online CodeRefinery workshop is designed for researchers and students from all disciplines who want to write software as part of their research.

This workshop teaches essential tools that are usually skipped in academic education, so everyone can make full use of software, computing, and data with a focus on reusability, reproducibility, and openness.

This is the second part of the workshop. To register for the first part, visit the CodeRefinery workshop - collaboration tools.

Target audience

Any person who wants to write software as part of their research or work.

Agenda

• Day 4 – Tuesday, March 24, 2026
  • Reproducible research; Social coding and open software.
• Day 5 – Wednesday, March 25, 2026
  • How to document your research software: Responsible use of generative AI in assisted coding.
• Day 6 – Thursday, March 26, 2026
  • Automated testing; Modular code development; Concluding remarks and general Q&A

 

Get detailed workshop content, including online installation help, on the main workshop webpage.

Requirements

Very Basic knowledge of programming or scripting and willingness to learn about software development with a focus on reusability, reproducibility, and openness. More information about prerequisites is available at the main event webpage.

Venue

The workshop will be conducted both online and on-site at ACC Cyfronet AGH, Nawojki 11, Kraków, in room 303 on the third floor.

Language

English

Duration

3 days 4 hours each

Registration

• Register for the online course at the workshop webpage (all participants, remote or in person)
• Register for the in-person classroom at Cyfronet (in-person participants only) by clicking on the link
  
  

Please register only for the in-person classroom if you will attend in person at Cyfronet. 

If there are not enough in-person registrations, the local part of the workshop at Cyfronet could be canceled. We will notify all registered participants in a timely manner.

Tuesday 24 March

1 Reproducible research

Preparing code to be usable by you and others in the futur

12:00 Coffee Break

2 Social coding and open software

What can you do to get credit for your code and to allow reuseiting

Wednesday 25 March

3 How to document your research software

Day 2 intro, Local work, Inspecting history

12:00 Coffee Break

4 Responsible use of generative AI in assisted coding

Thursday 26 March

5 Automated testing

Preventing yourself and others from breaking your functioning code

12:00 Coffee Break

6 Modular code development

Making reusing parts of your code easier

7 Concluding remarks, general Q&A, and where to go from here