| A toolbox for developing bioinformatics software. | |
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PMID: 21803787 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Creating useful software is a major activity of many scientists, including bioinformaticians. Nevertheless, software development in an academic setting is often unsystematic, which can lead to problems associated with maintenance and long-term availibility. Unfortunately, well-documented software development methodology is difficult to adopt, and technical measures that directly improve bioinformatic programming have not been described comprehensively. We have examined 22 software projects and have identified a set of practices for software development in an academic environment. We found them useful to plan a project, support the involvement of experts (e.g. experimentalists), and to promote higher quality and maintainability of the resulting programs. This article describes 12 techniques that facilitate a quick start into software engineering. We describe 3 of the 22 projects in detail and give many examples to illustrate the usage of particular techniques. We expect this toolbox to be useful for many bioinformatics programming projects and to the training of scientific programmers. |
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Kristian Rother; Wojciech Potrzebowski; Tomasz Puton; Magdalena Rother; Ewa Wywial; Janusz M Bujnicki |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-29 |
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Title: Briefings in bioinformatics Volume: - ISSN: 1477-4054 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-8-1 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100912837 Medline TA: Brief Bioinform Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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