I think that's what the folks at Software Carpentry [0] are trying to do. I went on one of their courses, and you're taught the basics of writing good software,

I think that's what the folks at Software Carpentry [0] are trying to do. I went on one of their courses, and you're taught the basics of writing good software, version control and databases (SQLite). I've frequently recommended it to fellow scientists. [0] http://software-carpentry.org/ http://software-carpentry.org/