The results-driven focus of bioinformatics means that shortcuts are often taken during software development for the sake of making something “that works”. Furthermore, many bioinformaticians are not trained in software engineering, and research-oriented projects have limited budgets for quality assurance. These factors contribute to the proliferation of poorer-quality bioinformatics software.
Bionitio was developed in response to this problem, a tool that automates the process of starting new bioinformatics software projects following recommended best practices. With a single command, the user can create a new well-structured project in one of twelve programming languages. The resulting software is functional — carrying out a prototypical bioinformatics task — and thus acts as both a working example and a template for building new tools.
In this webinar Bernie will describe how Bionitio can be used to quickly start new bioinformatics projects with batteries included.
Presenter: A/Prof Bernie Pope, Human Genomics Lead, Victorian Health and Medical Research Fellow, Melbourne Bioinformatics, University of Melbourne
Date/time: 20 Jan 2020 - 13:00-14:00 AEDT / 12:00-13:00 AEST