[Biojava-l] BioJava examples

[Tom Lavery]

An archive for open source licensed, biojava applications would be great, and

even 'one-shot' scripts could prove useful.  Any code (reusable or not) would
sure be appreciated by people still exploring the API, and it could serve as
a semi-tutorial.

As for specific tutorials, I'm looking forward to the new I/O stuff.  Also,
how about a tutorial for parsing XML blast output and another tutorial for
blasting to the Golden Path.

Thomas Down wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 01:25:03PM -0500, Tom Lavery wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering if the BioJava tutorial will be expanded soon.  If not,
> > is there a repository of BioJava examples anywhere?
>
> There's certainly been talk of extra tutorial sections, but
> they're a bit dependant on available time.  I've got half
> a chapter on the new I/O stuff, which I should be able to
> finish over the holidays.  It would be nice to also get something
> written down about the new Symbol interfaces.
>
> If you've checked out the full source tree (biojava-live) from
> CVS, or downloaded the source archives from the FTP site, you'll
> find a directory of (really short) demo programs.  These don't
> cover anything like the full range of features, but they might
> point you in the right direction.
>
> An archive of full biojava applications isn't a bad idea -- anyone
> have anything to contribute?  I suspect, though, that a lot of
> BioJava applications are `one-shot' research scripts aimed
> at answering specific questions, rather than applications of
> general use.
>
> Thomas.
>
>   PS.  There's already one application, my DAS server, in the BioJava
>        CVS server (module `dazzle') -- feel free to take a look if
>        you're interested.  We can probably host a few more applications
>        in CVS, so long as they're developed under an open source
>        licence.
> --
> ``If I was going to carry a large axe on my back to a diplomatic
> function I think I'd want it glittery too.''
>            -- Terry Pratchett