Summary Pandoc is a document converter for multiple type of files. Converting example Format conversion is a chore that often takes a lot of time. I recently wanted to convert a long MSWord document into …
Month: December 2022
Magic-BLAST analysis of NextGen Reads
NCBI Magic-BLAST Workshop The intermediate level workshop Analyzing & Visualizing NextGen Reads with Magic-BLAST – [Archived] is designed for biologists who are comfortable working with the command-line (bash) and who are interested in performing some early …
Python and Object Programming AhAh moment
Summary Clarifying Python code containing the mysterious “dot notation” of object-oriented languages. An object is a combination of data stored within a specific class. A class is a blue-print (or framework) that defines attributes (containing …
Using Python within RStudio
Summary Finding and implementing settings in RStudio to use Pyhon. RStudio and Python RStudio can handle a large number of languages (> 50) in addition to its basic support of R. (This month the RStudio …
Python wins popularity of programming languages
Summary Python ranks #1 in popularity of programming languages on the TIOBE Index TIOBE Index The popularity of programming languages is reflected in the TIOBE Programming Community index which is updated once a month. The …