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Blog Julian Gonggrijp: ‘How to ensure that others can run your code’

“If your code only runs on your computer with your files on it, in January under easterly wind while the moon is waning, then your colleagues will likely find it difficult to run your code.”

How can you unsure that your freshly developed software is accessible and usable by your colleagues for their research?

Julian Gonggrijp, developer at the CDH Research Software Lab, wrote an insightful blog for Research Data Management Support on the subject of writing FAIR software. In this blog, he outlines six instructions you should carry out when documenting your code to make it easier for others to run your code.

Check out the blog ‘How to ensure that others can run your code’.