A card deck containing Research Software Techniques to provide a quick aid to researchers and junior/novice RSEs, whilst being a reference point for senior or experienced RSEs and researchers.

This project began during Collaboarions Workshop 2024

The project has met all judging criteria 🥳

• Novelty, creativity, coolness and/or usefulness ☑️
  • Many researcher-coders find searching for learning materials to answer their specific question at the level they are interested in challenging.
  • Long-form advice such as Carpentrise trianing and Turing Way exist but are hard to search for just one quick bit of info unless you know the terminology already.
  • RSTea provides a different way of interacting with the existing material to fit researchers busy schedules.
  • A physical deck of cards can be handed around and shared at coder coffee or RSE drop in sessions to spark conversation.
• Implementation and infrastructure ☑️
  • We want to have a physical and digital platform for accessing these cards, allowing for wider use than just physical, and easier updating.
  • We are building hte tool to be extensible, using common file formats, tags and filtering to add extra categories or custom views later.
• MUST be clear on how you’re building on existing work ☑️
  • We are explicitly designing this as a signpost to further resources, amplifying good quality open teaching materials rather than reinventing the wheel.
  • We are inspired by Pip Decks as a resource for selecting appropriate tools from many options.
• Demo and presentation (5 minutes) ☑️
  • We have created a demo version of the project in Reveal.js to give a feel for the final product in the limited time.
  • The final product is built on bit.dev which allows for adapting new views based on metadata for future extensions.
  • Our data format is designed to work with both systems and has a template for easy editing by new contributors.
• Project transparency ☑️
  • We kept working notes in our Google Doc nad all code will be shared on GitHub
• Future Potential ☑️
  • This tool will be used in RSE consultations such as UCL ARC drop-in sessions and code coffee MeetUps