Homework: reviewing Perl basics

Review homework (hw3)

If you have Linux on your laptop you can download the program and change it with a text editor like we did in the lab. Note that your Linux may be a little different, so you may need to looks for the Terminal and the Text Editor, but they are there somewhere. If you do not have Linux yet, you can use codepad. This task is codedhw3” (not hw-3 or hw-03…. right?).

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Homeworks: Arrays and foreach

Arrays and the foreach loop hw2

In this homework we are going to do some simple changes to a perl program, like we did during the last lab session. If you have Linux on your laptop you can download the program and change it with a text editor like we did in the lab. Note that your Linux may be a little different, so you may need to looks for the Terminal and the Text Editor, but they are there somewhere. If you do not have Linux yet, you can use codepad. This task is coded “hw2“. Continue reading

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Homeworks: testing conditions

IF homework (hw1)

This is the first official homework you get! In this homework we are going to do some simple changes to a perl program, like we did during the last lab session.

If you have Linux on your laptop you can download the program and change it with a text editor like we did in the lab. Note that your Linux may be a little different, so you may need to looks for the Terminal and the Text Editor, but they are there somewhere. If you do not have Linux yet, you can use codepad. This task is coded “hw1“.

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Installing Linux

Is your penguin ready?

Jump into the penguin!

For the next few perl homeworks you can use http://codepad.org/. However you will need Linux (or a Mac) in order to make perl programs that can read files. Continue reading

After Lab03: homeworks

Screenshot 2014-04-03 14.00.19As promised we scheduled some excercises to be published daily in this blog. Please check it regularly. The very first are so simple that will not require further explanations, while in the future you’ll get some more complex task to submit to the instructors to be evaluated.
Please, stay tuned clicking here to view the list.

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Lab03: Some pearls (so don’t be a swine!)

Perline

We are going to try and modify some of the perl programs we saw during the lesson. Brace yourself! Note that the slides have been published. Continue reading

Lab03: Cribi Crash Course

Today we met at the Vallisneri to play with the foundamentals of Perl (slides below).
Now you have some time to practice with Perl, so if you want to start from the basics here you are a step-by-step guide.
As always remember to “appello Nome Cognome” before starting, and say “goodbye” before leaving.

Screenshot 2014-04-03 13.59.43PDF of Perl slides

Homeworks

HomeworksDear guys,

we are really happy as we can see your efforts and your improvements. On Friday we’ll meet in Aula M Pr at 11.30, for a comprehensive course on Perl, so remember to repeat this part at home, try changing things in the scripts…

It’s going to be a long journey!

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References

We are going to place useful links to presentations and manuals found on the Internet. We’ll try keeping this up to date.

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LAB02 – bourne again shell!

Today we are going to:

  1. Refresh some shell commands, and maybe learning new ones
  2. Start using bioinformatics programs, in addition to the standard Linux commands
  3. Meet Perl for the first time. Nice to meet you!

Read this page (to the end) before starting the practical.

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