quickstart.Rmd

# Quickstart for computing

In addition to the standard computer setup provided by office admin (Email, MS
Office, etc), M&A members should do the following:

-   Download and install [Slack](https://slack.com/downloads/osx). If you don't
    alread have an invite, get one from Noam. Join the **\#data-sci-discuss**
    and **\#journal-club** channels any others your
    supervisor suggests or are associated with projects you are assigned to.
    (Don't forget **\#random** and **\#out-of-office-fun**!)
-   If you don't already have one, sign up for an account on
    [GitHub](https://github.com/). Provide the `r params$data_librarian` with your username so as to add
    you to the EcoHealth Alliance team. If you already have a GitHub account
    using a personal email, [add your EHA email to your
    account](https://github.com/settings/emails) and [set up custom routing to
    direct EHA organization notifications to your EHA
    email](https://github.com/settings/notifications)
-   Install R and then RStudio. Links and instructions can be found
    [here](http://stat545.com/block000_r-rstudio-install.html)
-   Install git and link it to RStudio and your GitHub account. Instructions for
    all of this are found [here, in Sections 7-15 of *Happy Git with
    R*](http://happygitwithr.com/install-git.html). If you get stuck along the
    way don't hesitate to ask for help (via the **\#data-sci-discuss** channel on
    Slack!).
-   Install Dropbox on your computer with your EHA account (note you can have
    separate personal and EHA Dropbox folders)
-   Check that your EHA email gives you access to Google Drive. If you prefer
    it, or your supervisor specifies it, [install it locally on your
    computer](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive)

## Optional

In addition, the following programs may be helpful to install (all for Mac
users):

-   [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) for general package management
-   [iTerm2](https://www.iterm2.com/) for a better shell interface.
    (`brew cask install iterm2` or `brew install --cask iterm2` using Homebrew in the shell)
-   [mosh](https://mosh.org/) for connecting to our high-performance servers
    (`brew install mosh` using Homebrew in the shell)
-   [hub](https://hub.github.com/) for interacting with GitHub from the shell (`brew install hub`)