The Sordid Details of the Genome Browser at UCSC

Table of Contents

The Sordid Details of the Genome Browser at UCSC

Lagging Edge Software

Problems with C

Coping with Missing Data Types in C

Object Oriented Programming in C

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Freeing Dynamic Memory

Anatomy of a CGI Script

Challenges of CGI

Relational Databases

Converting A Row to Object

Motivation for AutoSql

AutoSql Data Declaration

Getting Started at UCSC

Checking out the Code

Getting Started with Browser & Database

Browser CGI Scripts

Browser Databases

hgTracks Major Steps

Tracks

Some Track Group Data Fields

Some Track Virtual Methods

Linking to hgc Click Handler

hgc steps

Conclusion

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