Title: Preparation
Course: Learning path for (data) librarians: Technical skills are the bridge to reproducible research > Section: Unit 3: The technical aspects

As this unit is aimed at beginners, no explicit preparation is needed before attending the session. However, we provide some pointers that might be useful when conducting the exercises.

Unit 3 - The technical aspects is an introductory unit in which the concepts of file naming schemes, file versioning, Git, and lab notebooks are introduced. As the unit is targeted at the beginner level, no explicit preparation is needed before attending the session. However, accounts on the following platforms will be useful for conducting the exercises:

- GitHub. Details about account creation are available on the GitHub docs page.
- Google Colab (if you plan to use Google Colab instead of Binder for testing out the lab notebooks). A free Google account is enough for accessing the Colab service. More information is also available on the official page.

No additional software apart from a web browser is required for taking part in the training or for conducting the exercises.