Difference between revisions of "Computing"

Revision as of 07:23, 16 July 2008

Keep code and data strictly separate.
- Be aware of whether your programming creates executable content.
When using random number generators, seed them explicitly to keep your results reproducible.

An instance in a computing process must represent exactly one instance in the modelling domain.
Use random number generator objects where possible.

Identification and description must be kept separate.
- Primary keys should be generated where reasonably possible.

An incomplete list of software that I use.

The R statistical computing language and system
Python, a scripting language with a very decent level of support for object oriented programming
The editors emacs for larger edits, and vi for smaller edits (yes, I use both)
Java
PostgreSQL, a free SQL database management system
the transsys simulator for regulatory gene networks (which I've written myself)

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 * Identification and description must be kept separate.
 ** Primary keys should be generated where reasonably possible.
+== Software ==
+An incomplete list of software that I use.
+* The [http://www.r-project.org/ R] statistical computing language and system
+* [http://www.python.org/ Python], a scripting language with a very decent level of support for object oriented programming
+* The editors [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ emacs] for larger edits, and vi for smaller edits (yes, I use both)
+* [http://java.sun.com/ Java]
+* [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL], a free SQL database management system
+* the [http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~jtk/transsys/ transsys] simulator for regulatory gene networks (which I've written myself)
+*