Seminar 1 - File formats

Date: 2009-10-29
Presentation: download

Topics:
(1) type of information needs to be stored about network
(2) how to store (arrays, sparse or dense matrixes, linked objects)
(3) some file format (Pajek, CFinder, CSV, XML files)
(4) python basics (what is python, exotic types, flow control, functions)

Python examples, exercises:
(0) introduction to programming by Robin Palotai (interesting for beginners, in hungarian language)
(1) step-by-step installation guide for windows users (download)
(2) python exercises and examples (download)

Interesting links:
Pajek: http://pajek.imfm.si/doku.php
CFinder: http://cfinder.org
W3 schools about XML related issues: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp
Python homepage: http://www.python.org
Easy install for python: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
Python tutorials in numeric libraies: http://wiki.python.org/moin/NumericAndScientific
Python course in Bioinformatics: http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/sis/formation/python/index.html