MATLAB as a Collaboration Platform Marta Wilczkowiak Senior Applications Engineer MathWorks

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1 MATLAB as a Collaboration Platform Marta Wilczkowiak Senior Applications Engineer MathWorks 2014 The MathWorks, Inc. 1

2 Agenda Use other people s code, apps and toolboxes Share your code with others Collaborate on code development with others 2

3 Use Where do I find the code I can use? 3

4 MATLAB Code Examples from MathWorks >15,000 code examples included in MATLAB documentation 4

5 File Exchange Get Code and Examples 21,000 submissions Over 8,000 contributors 27,000 downloads per day 5

6 Your Colleagues and Corporate Resources Shared directory Wiki Newsgroup Internal code repository 6

7 Use Where do I find the code I can use? What are all the files in the package? How do I install the package? What is a path? How do I use the code? Will this toolbox work with the products I have? Who should I contact if I have problems? How do I uninstall this package? 7

8 Share Which files do I need to share? How should I communicate to the user information such as: how to install, where to start, how to use? What is the best way to manage the MATLAB path? How should I package the code? How should I distribute the code? 8

9 Packaging and Sharing MATLAB Apps MATLAB apps Interactive applications to perform technical computing tasks Displayed in apps gallery Included in many MATLAB products Package your own app Create single file for distribution and installation into gallery Packaging tool: Automatically includes all necessary files Documents required products 10

10 Custom Toolbox Packaging Package your custom toolbox as a single installer file Contains all of the code, data, apps, documentation, and examples Checks for dependent files and automatically includes them Documents required products Included folders and files automatically appear on path when installed View details and uninstall toolboxes with Manage Add-on Toolboxes dialog box 11

11 Benefits of App and Toolbox Packaging Author: Automatic packaging of all necessary files No need to write an install script or worry about MATLAB path management Convenient communication with your end-user End-User: No need to manage MATLAB path or manually run install script Convenient learning model Version management Simple uninstall mechanism 12

12 Share and Use the Code What are other challenges? 13

13 Share and Use the Code: Other Challenges Code updates 14

14 Share and Use the Code: Other Challenges Feedback 15

15 Share and Use the Code -> Collaborate Collaboration 16

16 Share and Use the Code -> Collaborate How not to loose the code? How to track changes? How to revert changes? How to change my code without interfering with others? How to send changes to everyone? How to manage multiple versions of code? What if two people made changes to the same document at once? What is source control? 17

17 Collaborate: Source Control Code updates 18

18 Software Development is a Team Sport Feature turnaround time is getting shorter Requirements and functionality evolve rapidly Collaborative development is a fast growing workflow Smaller teams achieving goals faster and more efficiently by sharing code and ideas Key to survival is the capability to manage code 19

19 Collaborate: Source Control Collaboration 20

20 R2014b Source Control Integration Manage your code from within the MATLAB Desktop Leverage modern source control capabilities GIT and Subversion integration in Current Folder browser Use Comparison Tool to view and merge changes between revisions 21

21 Managing & Sharing MATLAB Code GitHub Website for people collaborating on code Can be installed on intranet 22

22 Summary Use Share Collaborate 23

23 Where to Go from Here Use Share Collaborate Good practice for writing MATLAB code Talk: MATLAB App Development Master Class Track, MATLAB Help Advanced Software Development Elements of MATLAB Style Sharing with non-matlab users MATLAB Compiler Share code with non-matlab users Lock down the version Protect your IP Talk: Data Analytics with MATLAB Master Class Track Demo station Deploying MATLAB Analytics Behind a Web Interface MATLAB Central Share and collaborate with the world Find new apps and toolboxes Demo stations: MATLAB Central MathWorks Services 24