NEST Hackathon 01.02 05.02 2021

Where: Online

When: 01.02 - 05.02.2021

Participants

• @terhorstd
• @heplesser
• @gtrensch
• @clinssen
• @steffengraber
• @stinebuu

The plan!

• Get NEST3 as ready to go as possible

  • freeze features

• review all PRs

  • RNG PR (mainly documentation, @plesser)
  • install instructions, esp. for Mac (@plesser)
  • NEST input-side PR (@jougs)
    • documentation changes (@jougs, @sarakonradi)
    • hashmaps for IO (not NEST3, needs discussion, @gtrensch)
  • Vector neurons, via NESTML and also changes in multimeter (needs discussion)
  • tidy up make target names (@jougs)
  • NEST Server docs (@jougs)
  • PyNEST examples (@terhorstd)
  • instrumentation vs. connectivity generation

TODO

• Look into @gtrensch's implementation of writing/reading files using C streams and hashmaps for NESTio
• Discuss renaming and document make target names, see also Open NEST Developer VC 18/01-2021
• Revise NEST Server documentation
• Revisit PyNEST examples #1534
• Remember to review PRs!

PRs merged, issues closed

For PRs merged, see here!

For issues closed, see here!