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tags: Hack Week
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# Hack week planning meeting | Thursday 2022 July 07 at 11 am ET

## Agenda

1. We're **0.3 weeks** away
2. Releasing PlasmaPy `v0.8.1`
3. Lightning Talks
* status of eamil
* status of replies
* start sorting talks
4. Resource materials
* status on writing resource material
* https://github.com/PlasmaPy/hack-week/issues/18
* What non-"lecture" material do we need to add?
5. Project Issues
* **Reminder: Please create project issues!!!**
6. Outline topics for "How this week will work?" presentation
7. Setup Zoom
8. Annoucements
9. Hack Week repo
* Cover change from the past week?
* What else needs to be done?
* **[Creating issues](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/hack-week/issues/new) for Hack Week projects!!!!**
* resources directory...how should we utilize?
10. Resurrect the Discord channel
* what needs to be done?
* How should channels be organized
11. Documentation for the hack repo
* https://docs.hack.plasmapy.org/
* need to link to documentation on the hack.plasmapy.org page
12. [Schedule]
* Review current schedule
* When to post to website?
* What are our next steps?
13. Status of advertisement/spreading the word (David)
* how/when do we do follow up messaging?
14. Status of registration (Ramiz)
* on website
* responses so far

[Google Drive]: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LaxMGDt1fPhJP9D9XtefFB2sOoVtFUEy?usp=sharing
[Distribution List]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PN4_R3Rdv-h_BEDem9wknWZY5K4WwO8KJMq4bzuG3Ug/edit?usp=sharing
[schedule]: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OixK8fN8QOy0bKnXcZugayiuHzmQrMhAB0-etm9dIQk/edit?usp=sharing

## Action Items

* ...

## Minutes

* PlasmaPy 0.8.1 was released this week, and there was much rejoicing
* Lightning talk
* Emails went out this week
* Two people responded and said yes
* About 12 people requested lightning talks, but were going to give talks that were not very relevant to hack week
* Six lightning talks spread out over ∼1–2 days
* Prevent people from needing to give a talk on Friday, when the attendance will probably have dropped significantly
* More presentations on Tuesday than we had bargained for
* Can have impromptu lightning talks if people are interested
* There's a lightning talk room on Discord
* Steve & David will respond to `[e-mail]` emails to
* Resource materials
* Still in progress!
* VSCode: Will & Ramiz will talk about it
* Will got the VSCode started
* Setting up virtual envs
* Should probably cover `venv` & `conda`
* Anaconda by David with Nick as backup
* Brief: this is here, how to install a package
* David has a videos to be posted

* **Schedule**
* Day 1
* Welcome: Valentina
* Code of Conduct: Valentina
* PlasmaPy Showcase: Nick
* showing functionality
* "How this week will work": Will
* [brainstorm talking points](https://hackmd.io/@plasmapy/r1CY9dVj9)
* Installing Python with Anaconda Nav: **David**
* IDEs:
* Overview: Erik
* PyCharm: Erik
* VSCode: Will
* Spyder: Steve/David
* Terminals:
* Mac/Linux: Nick
* Windows: Will
* Virtual Environments: Ramiz & Reynaldo
* [Last years's walkthrough](https://github.com/PlasmaPy/hack-week/blob/hack-week-2021/tutorials_and_notebooks/virtual_environments_tutorial.md)
* [slide stack from 2021](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MqcyzutGT5RdhfRZL85uPSMV76tZj14KLx9EQG04scc/edit?usp=sharing)
* [2021 YouTube Talk](https://youtu.be/amT_xtZhInQ)
* Reynaldo: venv
* Day 2
* `git` & GitHub: Nick (CLI), Erik, & Will
* Need to coordinate
* Visualizing branches
* [`gitk`](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/gitk)?
* GitHub
* [Last year's walkthrough](https://hackmd.io/@rocco8773/HJlwJSShO)
* PlasmaPy Deep Dive: Erik
* [2021 YouTube](https://youtu.be/mzTqewGXa1E)
* [2021 Slide Stack](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fq9ERRY3CW-HZDjpKGNu3ucC6mXWDHkArT19hK7h8sc/edit?usp=sharing)
* showing pkg structure
* how to access documentation
* Lightning Talk: Steve moderates
* Day 3
* Demo: Nick lead, David guinea pig :hamster:
* Breakout rooms:
* Main: distributor, Q&A, general help - Valentina
* speeds: Erik
* frequencies: Nick
* lengths: Will
* misc: Pawel (TBC)