Reading Discussion 1: Environments, Virtual Machines and Containers

Key Word(s): Virtual Environments, Virtual Machines, Containers

Selected Readings

Expository

• Getting started with Python environments (using Conda)
• Creating Python Virtual Environments with Conda: Why and How
• Virtual Machine Wikipedia
• How to Install a Totally Free Windows 10 OS on Your Mac for Fun and Profit
• Data Science for Startups: Containers
• Docker for Data Scientists

Research

• Docker: Lightweight Linux Containers for Consistent Development and Deployment
• Comparison of different Linux containers
• Singularity: Scientific containers for mobility of compute
• Performance Evaluation of Container-based Virtualization for High Performance Computing Environments

Selected readings for presentation