My lab is increasing looking at using R for bioinformatics development too.

Junhao

John Thng wrote:
> On the bioinformatics side, python is coming.
> 
> Polys should have look into cross-platform tools instead of sticking to
> one specific platform.
> 
> Same applies to Unis here.
> 
> As for server-side web programming, school should have taught
> cross-platform languages instead.
> 
> I wonder IT course in poly still teach people about single platform .net
> framework instead of java.
> 
> On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 12:46 +0800, Lam YongXian wrote:
>> My impression is that PHP is of high demand, due to its mostly
>> free/open source nature and libraries available.
>>
>> ASP.NET is (slowly) replacing ASP as the leading Microsoft web
>> technology, as .NET framework save a lot of work for developers.One
>> using propietary technology has a lot to consider -- cost, license,
>> etc. Even so, there are still much demand on ASP solutions today, due
>> to it's lightweight.
>>
>> Perl is a simple yet powerful language especially when handling large
>> amount of strings, despite it's age. It is the main language use by
>> bioinformatians to write bio-tech programs today, since it is easy to
>> learn. Other than that, I personally recommend PHP, unless one runs on
>> a Windows which ASP [.NET] might perform better on. 
>>
>> Hope these help abit =D
>>
>> On 10/24/07, WJ Koh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>         Hi,
>>         
>>         My polytechnic offers a module in its IT course which teaches
>>         server-side web programming in ASP.NET in VB. I am puzzled at
>>         the rationale behind this, because this  means that a ton of
>>         money will be spent on Visual Studio when Perl is perfectly
>>         fine for this purpose. I am under the impression that Perl is
>>         the most widely-used CGI language, but it is possible that my
>>         school uses ASP.NET because it's more widely-used in
>>         Singapore.
>>         
>>         Is it true that the a majority of the industry in Singapore
>>         uses ASP.NET the most for web apps?
>>         
>>         Thanks guys.
>>         
>>         Koh Wei Jie
>>         
>>         
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