Jon C. IsonCambridge University Press, 6/16/2011EAN 9780521607247, ISBN10: 0521607248Paperback, 652 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 3 cmLanguage: EnglishThe European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite (EMBOSS) is a high quality, well documented package of open source software tools for molecular biology. EMBOSS includes extensive and extensible C programming libraries, providing a powerful and robust toolkit for developing new bioinformatics tools from scratch. The EMBOSS Developer's Guide is the official and definitive guide to developing software under EMBOSS. It includes comprehensive reference information and guidelines, including step-by-step instructions and real-world code examples: • Learn how to write fully-featured tools guided by the people who developed EMBOSS • Step-by-step guide to writing EMBOSS applications, illustrated with functional, deployed code • ACD file development - learn how to customise existing tools without coding, or design and write entirely new application interfaces • EMBOSS API programming guidelines - quickly master application development • Wrapping and porting applications under EMBOSS - learn how to incorporate third-party toolsAcknowledgementsPreface1. Conventions2. Welcome to the EMBOSS developer's manual3. Getting started4. Your first EMBOSS application5. Software development under EMBOSS6. A complete application7. ACD file development8. C programming9. Programming with AJAX10. Programming with NUCLEUS11. Incorporating third-party applications12. ACD syntax reference13. AJAX library reference14. NUCLEUS library reference15. Resources.