Practical computing for biologists / Steven H. D. Haddock, Casey W. Dunn.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haddock, Steven H. D. (Steven Harold David), 1965-
Other Authors: Dunn, Casey W.
Language:English
Published: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Biology > Data processing.
Physical Description:xix, 538 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Before you begin
  • Pt. I. TEXT FILES. Getting set up
  • Regular expressions : Powerful search and replace
  • Exploring the flexibility of regular expressions
  • Pt. II. THE SHELL. Command-line operations : The shell
  • Handling text in the shell
  • Scripting with the shell
  • Pt. III. PROGRAMMING. Components of programming
  • Beginning Python programming
  • Decisions and loops
  • Reading and writing files
  • Merging files
  • Modules and libraries
  • Debugging strategies
  • Pt. IV. COMBINING METHODS. Selecting and combining tools
  • Relational databases
  • Advanced shell and pipelines
  • Pt. V. GRAPHICS. Graphical concepts
  • Working with vector art
  • Working with pixel images
  • Pt. VI. ADVANCED TOPICS. Working on remote computers
  • Installing software
  • Electronics : Interacting with the physical world
  • APPENDICES. Appendix 1. Working with other operating systems
  • Appendix 2. Regular expression search terms
  • Appendix 3. Shell commands
  • Appendix 4. Python quick reference
  • Appendix 5. Template programs
  • Appendix 6. Binary, Hex and ASCII
  • Appendix 7. SQL commands.