Genomics and Bioinformatics - An Introduction to Programming Tools for Life Scientists

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Bioinformatics resources : Databases

Bioinformatics resources : Software

Unix, Perl and R

Perl scripts from the book in Python version

Solutions to exercises

Typographical issues

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Unix

• Running Unix in Windows: Cygwin
• Connecting to a Unix server with SSH:
  • openSSH
  • copSSH
  • PuTTY
  • Xming X server for Windows (necessary to display X windows when connected with SSH)

• emacs
• gedit
• nedit
• Vi
  • Learning the vi Editor
  • unixhelp vi/

• "Unix in a Nutshell" by Arnold Robbins
• "UNIXhelp for Users"

Perl

• The official Perl website
• CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
• ActivePerl
• Strawberry Perl, open source distribution for Windows
• BioPerl
• The Bioperl Project, a collection of Perl tools for Bioinformatics
• The Perl Reference Guide
• Perltidy - indents and reformats Perl scripts
• How Perl saved the human genome

R

• Home page for R
• "An Introduction to R", R Development Core Team.
• bioconductor package useful for many bioinformatics applications