Here are links to some resources you should review to start familiarizing yourself with NDS, our projects, and some of the resources we work with:

National Data Service: http://www.nationaldataservice.org/
*Be sure to look over the Shared Vision of Success and the Interim Charter that are linked at the bottom of the home page
*What should NDS Provide covers in more detail services NDS hopes to offer: http://www.nationaldataservice.org/about/provide.html
*Projects talks briefly about the types of projects NDS supports currently: http://www.nationaldataservice.org/projects/

• • NDS Labs is a project you want to read more about and get a good understanding of: http://www.nationaldataservice.org/projects/labs.html including the Labs Portal: http://labsportal.nationaldataservice.org/

Tools:
*I’m not sure how familiar you are with container technology but if not, this is a good place to start: https://www.docker.com/what-docker
**Docker documentation: https://docs.docker.com/
*Jupyter is one of the programming languages we use: http://jupyter.org/

I think this is enough to get started. Once we have you set-up in Hipchat as your review these resources, you can post questions there or come and talk with any of us.

~Kandace