Many students begin to form their software development habits in introductory programming courses. Although problem-solving strategies and other good practices are taught at the introductory level, early experiences in programming tend to involve small assignments and so students do not always see the benefits and value of good software engineering practices. Consequently, they develop habits w...

BACKGROUND The Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development strategy provides financial support for the development of early to mid career researchers through its Research Capacity Building Initiative and Research Development Program. Practice nurses can provide valuable contributions to research practices undertaking research projects. OBJECTIVE This article documents the experien...

Different communities rely heavily on software, but use quite different software development practices. {\bf Objective}: We wanted to measure the state of the practice in the area of statistical software for psychology to understand how it compares to best practices. {\bf Method}: We compared and ranked 30 software tools with respect to adherence to best software engineering practices on items ...