1-i. Local Setup

Recommended software:

For this tutorial, we will be performing the majority of computational work on a remote computer system. We will connect to this computer system using "Secure Shell", or ssh, which provides an encrypted connection to the remote system. Since we are not doing much heavy lifting on our own machine, it is not necessary to install most software locally. However, there are a few programs that I recommend to make your local environment a bit more user-friendly.

iTerm2 replaces the default terminal that ships with OSX. It provides a few additional features that makes working in the terminal more smooth.

Cyberduck is a graphical interface for accessing remote files over SFTP.

TextWrangler is a text editor that I use to cut and paste snippets of code and for viewing files by integrating with Cyberduck. However, as of July 2017, it seems that TextWrangler is being phased out in favor of BBEdit.

Once you have installed these three programs, I recommend you add them to your dock (at least for this workshop). Also, you can set up Cyberduck to integrate with TextWrangler by going to Cyberduck > Preferences:

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