Research Tools

Specific tools to consider

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Git

Version control system that encourages safe, collaborative software development

• Learn about git from Software Carpentry

Github

Web-based interface to publicly accessible git repositories with advanced capability for collaborative software development

• Sign up for an account

Zotero

Manage your citations, individually or shared with a group, and easily include them in your publications

• Sign up for a free account

Slack

Chat tool with channels, direct messaging, ad-hoc groups, and integration with other collaborative services

• Visit the CNERG Slack workspace
• Download the native client

LaTeX

High quality typesetting made easily

• Overleaf allows web-based collaborative writing in LaTeX

Google Drive/Docs/Sheets/Presents

Quick collaborative documents, spreadsheets and presentations

• Log in to your UW-Madison account on Google Drive

Jupyter Notebooks

Interactive tool for developing and deploying Python code

• Google Colaboratory for cloud based python

VS Code

The Integrated Development Environment (IDE) strongly recommended by CNERG

• Link to the main VS Code page

Docker

The main container system used for code development in CNERG

• Docker homepage

Zoom

Free video conferencing platform, available with UW NetID or private Gmail account

• UW-Madison Zoom account configuration

Office365

Used to manage a group calendar for meetings, etc.

• CNERG Shared Calendar