Unifying data files among different modules

[kokbent]

I've taught a workshop recently, and found out that we have to ask the learners to download the data files in the beginning of (or during) each session. Perhaps we should standardize everything up such that the learners only need to download the data files once throughout the workshop.

I've found out that the zip file for the SQL lesson is the most complete and reliable one, so we should use and refer to it throughout the workshop. The Python (and applicable to R too according to what I've heard) version of data files has a serious bug: the SQLite file that comes with this version incurs a lot of errors when one uses it in the SQL module.

[ethanwhite]

@kokbent - if there are issues with the data please file them at https://github.com/weecology/portal-teachingdb so that we can get them fixed. Thanks.

[kokbent]

Hi @ethanwhite ,

It's not the portal data per se. The problem is with downloading the same set of data repeatedly across different modules and a case of data incompatibility in Python lesson. I've pinpointed the exact problem and file an issue here: datacarpentry/python-ecology-lesson#306

[ethanwhite]

Thanks @kokbent! That report looks great. Thanks for your efforts to make things as smooth and consistent as possible!