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ToolFactory: Generating Tools From Simple Scripts

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Abstract

The Toolfactory and these tutorials are for developers and researchers learning about Galaxy, who routinely develop their own analysis scripts using

About This Material

This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.

Questions this will address

  • What options exist for new-to-Galaxy developers to convert functioning command line scripts into Galaxy tools?
  • Can any command line script I've written be wrapped as a Galaxy tool?
  • How can I get the ToolFactory working locally, since you tell me it should never be exposed on a public server?
  • What is the difference between a hand-crafted tool and a ToolFactory generated one?

Learning Objectives

  • Learn why you might want to use the ToolFactory development server
  • Watch a video demonstration and explore the generated code - Hello Galaxy Training Network!
  • Run it locally in Docker.
  • Install and explore the simple examples provided.
  • Modify and re-generate them to see how the changes affect the tool
  • Generate new simple Galaxy tools using your own scripts

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: Development in Galaxy

Target audience: Galaxy Administrators

Resource type: e-learning

Version: 10

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

  • A Short Introduction to Galaxy
  • A short introduction to Galaxy
  • Galaxy Basics for everyone
  • Galaxy Interactive Environments
  • Tool development and integration into Galaxy

Learning objectives:

  • Learn why you might want to use the ToolFactory development server
  • Watch a video demonstration and explore the generated code - Hello Galaxy Training Network!
  • Run it locally in Docker.
  • Install and explore the simple examples provided.
  • Modify and re-generate them to see how the changes affect the tool
  • Generate new simple Galaxy tools using your own scripts

Date modified: 2024-06-14

Date published: 2021-05-26

Authors: Helena Rasche, Ross Lazarus

Contributors: Helena Rasche, Ross Lazarus

Scientific topics: Software engineering

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