Pre-event Material: Reference

Key Points

Intro and Preparation for Waterhackweek
  • participants will conduct tutorial exercises in a cloud environment

  • everyone is encouraged to arrive with Python installed on their laptop for the project work

  • there are several different versions of Python, but we will use Python 3.6 for this hackathon

  • Conda package manager will be used to install Python and other libraries

Getting Started with Conda
  • conda can be installed in two ways (Anaconda and Miniconda)

  • conda package manager works across systems

GEE Access and JavaScript Tips
  • Anyone can sign up for Google Earth Engine, just apply to be a trusted tester.

  • The Code Editor is a user friendly access point for Earth Engine that uses the JavaScript IDE.

  • JavaScript is a programming language that is also widely used in web development.

FIXME: more reference material.