A general template for SDD/PDH projects, incorporating some good practices for github based development.
To use this template create a new repository using this repository as a template. See in the top right corner of this page the green button "Use this template". Click on it and follow the instructions. This will create a new repository with the same structure as this one. Then clone the new repository to your local machine and start working on your project.
There are four main folders in this repository:
docs: Contains the documentation of the project.src: Contains the source code of the project.raw_data: Contains temporary local copies of the raw data used in the project. This folder won't be uploaded to the repository.output: Contains the temporary output files generated by the project (png, pdfs, small data units). This folder won't be uploaded to the repository.
The .gitignore file is configured to ignore the most common development temporary files for Python, R, and Stata. It also ignore most file formats in the /temp/ subdirectories.