Let's get going

Welcome to the wiki and repo for RTI's STATA code. This will give you an overview of our methodology for maintaining and improving on the code.

So, here's the 1000-foot view. We have 2 folders, test and production. When working on code, do it in the test folder (stares at Michael) - this will ensure that if you make a dumb mistake, you can easily fix it by copying over the production-quality file from the production folder. Simple!

Once you finish what you're working on, go ahead and move it up to the production folder. You can do this by hand (copy/paste) or by promoting it in STATA. More on promote later.

That's the gist of it. Work on it in test. Distribute it in production. Get started.

A side foray: into packages