Packages
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
User-friendly | Intuitive functions, minimal coding, turnkey tutorials. |
Technical but well documented | Requires coding but has comprehensive guides. |
Sparse documentation | Few examples; steep learning curve. |
Domain-specific skills | Requires niche expertise. |
Definition
The level of user-friendliness, including documentation quality, interface design, and required expertise.
Explanation
Guides the steepness of the learning curve and risk of misuse. User-friendly methods have intuitive interfaces and tutorials; technical methods require coding or domain knowledge; sparse documentation methods pose high barriers.
Tools/rationale for helping assessment
- Clarify your project’s priority: rapid prototyping and proofs-of-concept, reproducible pipelines, or bespoke mechanistic exploration & deep customization.
- If you need a turnkey solution with minimal coding, choose
User-friendly. - If you require robust, reproducible code and can handle technical scripts and details, choose
Technical but well-documented. - If you are planning to invest significant efforts and are comfortable with applying/learning domain-specific algorithms, choose
Domain-specific skills.
Example
A national park authority needs to quickly produce RS-based deforestation reports for stakeholders with no coding staff, so they need a User-friendly tool with point-and-click workflows and default parameter settings.