My last post initiated a discussion on the biology-in-python mailing list about BioPython, among other things. (Here is a link to the discussion, which is kind of long and unfocused.)
I'm happy that the bip list is serving as a place for people to interact with the BioPython maintainers to …
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Chris Lasher wrote a nice blog post naming me as a rabble rouser in the area of "Python in bioinformatics". His post raised a number of interesting points, some of which I'd like to discuss here on my blog.
First, why is Python not more dominant in bioinformatics? I really …
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We have an opening for a project on which I'm collaborating:
Full-time 12 month appointment academic position for a genomics scientist. The incumbent will spend 50% time as the Associate Director of the Comparative Genomics Laboratory, with duties in directing daily activities, long-range planning and seeking extramural funding, and 50 …read more
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I'm surprised I haven't seen this on planetpython yet...
...an emerging consensus in the scripting community holds that Python is the right solution for freshman programming. Ruby would also be a defensible choice.
(emphasis mine). Originally found via Lambda the Ultimate, and also passed onto me by Rich Enbody.
In …
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I read things like this report on SciFoo and think, gawd! I'd have had a great time! I should try to beg/bully/buy/brown-nose my way into the next SciFoo so I can talk about Science 2.0 etc.!
And then I think back to the heady days of …
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In reply to elanthis's post on Advogato,
1. I agree that the documentation could be improved, and we've been working on it. The next release should add a whole bunch of examples. Google is your friend, as is the Python Cookbook.
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Recently the question came up: suppose you wanted to give enthusiastic people some guidance on how to help work on Python. What suggestions do you have? Surely there's a Web page on this!
Well, no: a few quick Google searches led me to discover that "contributing to Python" was answered …
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