Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

About This Book

This book is a continuation of my previous book, Beginning
Perl for Bioinformatics (also by O'Reilly
& Associates). As the title implies, Mastering Perl for
Bioinformatics moves you to a more advanced level of Perl
programming in bioinformatics. In this volume, I cover such topics as
advanced data structures, object-oriented programming, modules,
relational databases, web programming, and more advanced algorithms.
The main goal of this book is to help you learn to write Perl
programs that support your research in biology and enable you to
adapt and use programs written by others.

In the process of honing your programming skills, you will also learn
the fundamentals of bioinformatics. For many readers, the material
presented in these two books will be sufficient to support their
goals in the laboratory. However, this book is not a comprehensive
survey of bioinformatics techniques. Both Mastering Perl
for Bioinformatics and Beginning Perl for
Bioinformatics emphasize the computer programming aspects
of bioinformatics. As a serious student, you should expect to follow
this groundwork with further study in the bioinformatics literature.
Even the Perl programming language has more complexity than can fit
in this cross-disciplinary text.

Readers already familiar with basic Perl and the elements of DNA and
proteins can use Mastering Perl for
Bioinformatics without reference to Beginning
Perl for Bioinformatics. However, the two books together
make a complete course suitable for undergraduates, graduate
students, and professional biologists who need to learn programming
for biology research.

A companion web site at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mperlbio
includes all the program code in the book.