DASWorkshop2012
The 2012 DAS Workshop will be held on 27-29 Feb at the EBI Hinxton campus.
- Information & registration: registration
Contents
DAS Workshop 2012 Schedule
All 3 days will be held in the EBI training room.
Day 1
Some knowledge/experience of PERL or Java and or Javascript would be beneficial for the hands on training day.
Example DAS commands can be found here as a DAS quick reference guide: DAS examples
The draft schedule for Day 1 is below. Please note that session times are a rough indication only and will vary according to progress on the day.
| Time | Title | Speaker | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Welcome and Information | JW | |
| 9:00 | DAS - Introduction/Overview | AJ | Introduction Technical Introduction |
| 9:40 | The DAS Game | LG | The DAS Game |
| 10:00 | DAS - Technical Introduction | AJ | Technical Introduction |
| 10:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:40 | Using DAS software, an introduction to some DAS implementations | RJ | |
| 11:00 | Hands-on: creating a DAS source from a file with EasyDAS | RJ | |
| 11:10 | Hands-on: viewing DAS sources with Ensembl OR Dasty | AJ/RJ | |
| 11:20 | Introduction to DAS server frameworks | JW | 10 minute introduction to DAS servers |
| 11:30 | Hands-on programming tutorial: Creating a custom DAS source | AJ/JW/LG/RJ | MyDAS -or- ProServer |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 13:30 | Tutorial - DAS servers continued | AJ/JW/LG/RJ | |
| 14:50 | Introduction and hands-on: The DAS registry | JW | DAS Registry Tutorial |
| 15:10 | Coffee Break | ||
| 15:30 | Introduction to DAS client libraries | LG | |
| 15:40 | Hands-on programming tutorial: DAS client libraries | AJ/JW/LG/RJ | Bio::Das::Lite-or- JDAS -or- JSDAS. Each will cover sources, sequence & features using the same examples |
| 17:30 | Departure from Campus to Whittlesford Station/Holiday Inn at circa 17:30 hrs. | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner at the Red Lion Whittlesford 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm sit down. | ||
Day 2 Developers Hackathon
DAS developers day
Recent developments since the last workshop
DAS writeback, DAS search, Registry CRUD via web service (get, post, put, delete), Registry supports JSON for all requests and responses,
Suggestions for discussions on Developers Days
JSON roll out to other servers and clients? (jw)
Firming up of the authentication DAS standard so the registry and writeback are consistent (jw)
Add support for conditional get (If-Modified-Since - reply only if modified since the modified since header) ? (jw)
High density simple features such as snps - vcf format or simple json format wtihout method and stop? (jw)
DAS Registry - new architecture and capabilities (jw)
Day 3 DAS Developers Day Hackathon
DAS Developers Hackathon Location is the EBI Training Room
