Hi David, Thanks for this information.Is there any tutorial avaiable on internet also.So that i can start something right now and one more thing how much it is difficult to do programming for these bio softwares.
thanks & regards, Amit Kaushik ----- Original Message ----- From: David Huen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Amit Kaushik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [Biojava-l] How can we start programming > On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Amit Kaushik wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I don't have any background of biology but i am really interested > > to code some good application in to this bioinfotmatics field.Is there > > really any need to be of same background to enter in to this field, if > > not then can anybody please advise me how can i start programming in to > > this field and which type of software we can develope for this fields. > > > Most of the issues faced in doing bioinformatics programming do require a > basic molecular biological understanding as the software we develop models > these these features as objects of various kinds. You don't have to be a > bench research biologist, many of the developers here are not, but I'm > pretty certain all do have a working understanding of molecular biology. > insofar as how sequences "work". > > You could acquire the required background just from reading a book like > Lewin's "Genes" - it's how I started molecular biology from an > engineering background. > > Best wishes, > David Huen > _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l
