Follow-up on pvlib PVPMC training session

[AdamRJensen]

I think it would be great to jot down a few notes on how the pvlib hackathon went. Hopefully, we can pass on some useful information to @mikofski and @shirubana for PVSC.

General comments

• The attendance was high, with more than 40 participants!
• Overall I [Adam] think it went exceptionally well with good user engagement
• There was generally a large number of questions during the session - three "helpers" (@kandersolar, @cwhanse, and myself) to 40 participants worked well
• There was a good split between attendees working on their own projects and projects from the suggested list

Practical

• Would be nice with more power outlets/cords
• @kandersolar mentioned that it would have been nice with a survey to the users

Google Colab

• A 5-minute introduction to Google Colab seemed sufficient
• Google Colab worked effortlessly and can be highly recommended for future tutorials
• Google Colab doesn't work with local files - keep this in mind!

@cwhanse and @kandersolar please add your own feedback either as comments or by editing this post.

[cwhanse]

We should do each of the suggested projects ourselves.

A prize for people who find bugs - something simple.

Bring the stickers!

[mikofski]

This is great news and really useful feedback. Thanks!

[mikofski]

For future reference, I have been able to use local files, but it wasn't immediately obvious: https://colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb