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Hi everyone, I am totally new here. I am wondering what database or programming language I should take for my first step for bioinformatics? Thank you!! :)
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Wed, October 12, 2005 - 11:23 AMpython and mysql. with those you can do pretty much anything in bioinformatics. and they're both free and easy. -
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Thu, October 13, 2005 - 12:54 PMThank you very much for your help! I want to take online course, but they only offer SOL or Perl. They are all pretty similar with mysql and python,right? -
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Thu, October 13, 2005 - 1:18 PMwell, mysql is a distinct thing from perl and python - mysql is a database system that uses the SQL query language (also used in oracle, postgres etc.). you would use mysql to store data, and sql queries to retrieve/manipulate it.
perl or python are programming languages that would be more or less interchangeable. they both can interface with mysql or whatever database your data is in. both can parse text files, do mathematical stuff, whatever.
for hardcore number crunching you might want to learn C or C++.
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Thu, October 13, 2005 - 1:19 PMalso, if you can't find a python course, just read thru the tutorial at python.org. you can learn it in a day! -
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Fri, October 14, 2005 - 12:54 AMHi Bobby,
Thanks again. You really help me a lot!
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