Technical Help for Participants

For general support, please use the #help-desk channel in Slack or send the organizers a direct message.

GitHub

1. Team Repositories

All code generated by your team should be included in your team’s repository on GitHub. The repository must include a README that documents your team’s objectives and products. The contents of the repository should be sufficient to reproduce and build on your work.

GitHub repositories for this codeathon are https://github.com/NCBI-Codeathons/mlxai-2024-team-* (where * denotes team lead's last name). Participants who provided their GitHub username in their application and RSVP should have received an invite to their respective repository. Look for an email with a subject line, "Invitation to collaborate on [repository name]". The link expires in 7 days. Team leads were set as admin to their accounts, so if you need access please ask your team or help-desk. Should you run into any permission issues throughout the event, please share in help-desk.

Examples of previous NCBI codeathon repositories:

2. Git/GitHub Resources

Here are some resources for learning git or refreshing your knowledge:

Cloud tutorials from AWS

Basic AWS tutorials can be browsed here. Some highlights:
- Deploying a Kubernetes Application with AWS EKS
- Run a serverless "Hello, world" with AWS Lambda
In addition, AWS Research and Education hosts 10 minute tutorials, including
- Launching an EC2 Instance in an AWS Educate account (20m)
- Serverless Jupyter on AWS (60m)

Technical information for NCBI Codeathon Participants

Cloud accounts

For instructions on accessing the codeathon cloud account and launching a virtual machine, see our AWS Quickstart Guide.

JupyterHub

For instructions on using the codeathon JupyterHub, see our JupyterHub instructions.

Last Reviewed: January 19, 2024