Basics of software publication

Abstract

You want to share your code with the world. That's great! But how? Just uploading it to Github? Or how do I do this? In this talk I want to give you an overview about the minimal steps you should take to prepare your code for publication. Covering what belongs into a repository, how to make your code sharable and which license to pick. This talk is based on the training Foundations of Research Software Publication (https://codebase.helmholtz.cloud/hifis/software/education/hifis-workshops/foundations-of-research-software-publication/workshop-materials-data-pub). The target is to enable developers to create and publish sustainable software which can be used and built up on by others. While this talk is an introduction, even more experienced developers might take something home.