Last year Michael Widner asked a similar question about hardware and software, but I'm wondering whether you had more specific ideas about the distinct software needs of
- a DH teaching setup (imagine a pc classroom. And when I say PC, I mean, sigh, Windows)
- a DH research ("'"lab"'") setup (more latitude here about platforms, but fewer machines, meant for more focused use).
Let's assume that really elaborate custom setups for specific projects and public-facing stuff will be managed elsewhere: I'm thinking about a starter kit suitable for many uses and many levels of expertise. I have a feel for the possibilities on Mac, but am hopeless on Windows. Other *nix is probably not on the menu right now.
End of question. Thank you all so much for any ideas at all!
The rest (sorry for the long post) is some notes on ideas so far:
text editors: eclipse, komodo edit, oXygen (worth it?)
single-platform: textwrangler, notepad++ (better choices?)
browsers: all
ssh and ftp clients (are putty and cyberduck still okay for windows?)
languages / environments: what counts as "starter kit" for: python, ruby, R?
network analysis: gephi. others?
gis software (worth it?)
On the earlier thread Amanda Visconti suggested "guest computers" with the *AMP stack + typical CMS's. Any experience with making these sandboxes for omeka, wordpress, drupal?
Media production software is not high on my list, but tell me if I'll regret that.
Thank you all again!
