Preface
Why read this book?
Structure of the book
Acknowledgement
Typography conventions
Feedback
About the authors
1
Introduction
Motivation
Challenges
Way forward
2
Tercen features
3
Concepts
What is a measurement, variable and observation?
What is a step, app and workflow?
What is visual computation?
What is an universal table and
relational algebra
?
4
Visualization
Cross-tab window
Layers
Filters
Multi-pairwise
Examples
Data Navigation
5
Visual computation
6
Workflow and Steps
7
External databases
8
Sharing analysis
9
Sharing data
10
Results reporting
11
Team Projects
12
Data Analysis
Overview of raw data
Quality check (outlier samples, batch effects)
Normalization (if there is a systematic effect)
Transformation (usually a log function)
Exploration
Statistical testing
Biological interpretation
13
Exporting
Export images
Export data
14
Data provenance
15
Apps (i.e. plug-ins)
App libraries
Installing apps
Structure of an operator app
Tercen R package
Creating an operator app
Creating a workflow app
Creating a template app
App examples
App versioning
16
Developers guide
17
Programmatic access
18
Products
19
Running a server
Server hardware
Server resources
20
Getting started
21
Known issues
22
Roadmap
23
Glossary
Tercen Book
Chapter 16
Developers guide
For further documentation regarding building apps. Please go the
Developers guide
.
