Bioinformatics Lab, Fall 2011
This lab will teach programming to non-CS majors. It is an optional, but strongly recommended supplement to the course. Course projects will be broken down into smaller chunks, so it is essentially a "homework help" hour. There will be no busywork!
Administrative
| Teaching assistant | Jon-Michael Deldin <jm+bioinf@jmdeldin.com> |
| Meeting time | Monday and Wednesday from 5-6 PM |
| Office | Social Sciences 423 |
| Office hours | By appointment, but usually after 5 PM M-R |
| Website | http://jmdeldin.com/bioinf |
Slides/Projects
Resources
Important Course Content
Books
- Unix and Perl Primer for Biologists (UC Davis) – collection of tutorials (Perl starts ~p53)
- Beginning Perl Book (free!)
- Modern Perl (free!)
Getting Help
- (send me an email)
- Stack Overflow – ask coding questions here (Google first)
Tools
- Perl Critic – check your coding style
- Regular Expression Analyzer – dissect complex regular expressions
- Rubular – visually test out regular expressions