hplgit / bioinf-py

Illustrating Python via examples from bioinformatics

bioinf-py illustrates Python programming through a series of examples from bioinformatics. The text takes a tour of Python loops, if-tests, functions, strings, lists, dictionaries, numpy arrays, random numbers, classes, and object-oriented programming.

Documentation

The documentation is available in various formats:

• Bootstrap HTML
• Sphinx HTML
• LaTeX PDF

Citation

The written material appears in Chapter 9 in the Springer book A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python.

BibTeX format:

@book{Langtangen_2014,
  title = {A Primer on Scientific Programming With {P}ython},
  author = {H. P. Langtangen},
  year = {2014},
  publisher = {Springer},
  edition = {Fourth},
}

@misc{Bioinf,
  title = {Illustrating {P}ython via Bioinformatics Examples},
  author = {H. P. Langtangen},
  url = {https://github.com/hplgit/pysketcher},
  key = {Pysketcher},
  note = {\url{https://github.com/hplgit/pysketcher}},
}

Publish format:

* books
** A Primer on Scientific Programming With {P}ython
   key:       Langtangen_2014
   author:    H. P. Langtangen
   year:      2014
   publisher: Springer
   status:    published
   edition:   Fourth
   entrytype: book
* misc
** Illustrating {P}ython via Bioinformatics Examples
   key:       bioinfpy
   author:    H. P. Langtangen
   url:       https://github.com/hplgit/bioinf-py
   status:    published
   sortkey:   bioinfpy
   note:      \url{https://github.com/hplgit/bioinf-py}