Although C# is now available cross-platform (with Mono on Linux as most of you know), I would not choose it for bioinformatics. On the other hand, I love it for webprogramming and it is THE language to use on MS platforms (and PHP on Linux).
Coming back to Bioinformatics, an extremely mature project for bioinformaticians is BioJava (http://biojava.org/wiki/Main_Page) and (of course) Java is cross platform and widely taught. And one of the project manager lives in Singapore! I am also using (because it is a lot easier for quick programs) another project: BioPython (http://biopython.org/wiki/Main_Page). Both of them are "comprehensive toolboxes" that allow the manipulation of sequences, interfaces with BioSQL for DNA sequences storage in database(like MySQL), provide easy input/output sequences on files in various formats and offer access to NCBI databases, plus many other features that I have not used yet. All are under the umbrella of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Main_Page). John mentioned Perl... Well, I do not want to start a flame war here but I (and it is strictly personal) do not "fancy" this language: I am unconvinced by the advantages given by its supporters... By the way, if someone on the list uses either BioJava or BioPython, we could have some mail exchange out of the list to share our experiences. Cheers, Eric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Junhao Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 10:17 PM To: LUGS Subject: Re: [Slugnet] What is the most used server-side webprogramming technology used in the industry here? 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Slugnet mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Lam YongXian >> Adolflam.com >> >> FSF Member #5279 _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
