GCC2019

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This training session has a Gitter channel where preparation instructions are posted, and for class discussion, last minute links, and more.

    https://gitter.im/galaxyproject/creating-tools

A key bit of preparation:

• please arrive with a working Planemo machine virtual machine appliance running. If you have a relatively updated Planemo already installed on your laptop - that can work also.

This session will walk bioinformaticians, developers, and admins through the process of taking a working script, app, or software and turning it into a Galaxy Tool. It will cover the basics of using Planemo, a command-line utility that assists in building and publishing Galaxy Tools. We will explore basics of wrapping, common parameters, tool linting, best practices, loading and modifying tools, citations, and publishing to Github and the Galaxy Tool Shed. Common tips and tricks will be discussed as well as insights from experienced tool developers.

Prerequisites

• Introduction to Galaxy or equivalent experience
• Knowledge and comfort with the Unix/Linux command line interface and a text editor: If you don't know what cd, mv, rm, mkdir, chmod, grep and so on can do then you will struggle
• We will pass out USB sticks with a virtual machine for tool development on it, but ideally you'd arrive with this already working - instructions for downloading and installing this can be found in the Planemo documentation.
• A wi-fi enabled laptop with a modern web browser. Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari will work best