Bioinformatics Software Engineering: Delivering Effective Applications

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Bioinformatics Software Engineering: Delivering Effective Applications

Paul Weston

Description

Bioinformatics Software Engineering: Delivering Effective Applications will be useful to anyone who wants to understand how successful software can be developed in a rapidly changing environment, especially newly qualified bioinformaticians.

It is not tied to any particular operating system, platform, language, or methodology. Instead it focuses on principles and practices that have been proven in the real world. It is pragmatic, emphasizing the importance of what the author calls Adaptive Programming - doing what works in your situation.

It is concise, covering the whole software development lifecycle in one slim volume. And, unusually for a computer book, it is eminently readable.

"Well thought-out ... addresses many of the key issues facing developers of bioinformatics software." Simon Dear, Director, UK Technology and Development, GlaxoSmithKline

About the Author

Paul Weston has nearly two decades’ experience in application development, gained in environments as diverse as entrepreneurial start-ups and monolithic bureaucracies. From MVS to XP, from COBOL to Java, and from Structured Programming to Struts - he has wrestled with them all.He began developing bioinformatics applications in the mid-1990s and has particular expertise in sequence assembly and sequence data management. He is now a director of Woodcock Stewart, a consultancy specializing in bioinformatics software development and developer training.

Features

The book describes the development of bioinformatics applications from start to finish.
Focuses on general principles without tying the reader to a particular methodology, paradigm, or platform.
The book shows bioinformaticians how they can save time and trouble by doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way.
It provides practical, helpful information in a way that makes it easy for readers to apply its suggestions to their own situation.

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