December 2012 archive
Paper "Ten Simple Rules for the Open Development of Scientific Software" by Prlic and Procter
December 11, 2012
PLOS Computational Biology has an interesting Editorial on 10 rules for open development of scientific software. The ten rules are:
- Don't Reinvent the Wheel
- Code Well
- Be Your Own User
- Be Transparent
- Be Simple
- Don't Be a Perfectionist
- Nurture and Grow Your Community
- Promote Your Project
- Find Sponsors
- Science Counts.
The full article can be found here.