<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hi all!<br><br></div>I don't know if you guys already have a contender, but I'm really interested to be part of the Google Summer of Code this year, and especially doing the interactive visualisations for GenomeDiagram project!<br><br></div>A little bit about myself:<br></div><div>- I'm 24 years old and from the Netherlands, currently studying at Delft University of Technology.<br></div>- Electrical (Computer) Engineering background<br></div>- Started this year with the master Bio-informatics<br></div>- Very experienced in Python, and I also have done a lot of webdev work so Javascript is no problem.<br></div>- Currently have a small side job (1 day/week) as python software engineer where I create tools and webservices to visualise GIS related data.<br><br></div>Why this project:<br></div>- I'm really excited for the field of Bio-informatics, and I want to get more experience with the existing toolkits<br></div>- I like making visualisations<br></div>- This looks like something I can handle :)<br><br></div>About the project:<br></div>You mention the library Bokeh, which looks very awesome, but it may depend on a lot of other libraries which are not necessary for the rest of BioPython. Some possibilities:<br></div>- Make bokeh and all its dependencies optional: display a nice error message if the dependencies aren't installed when using trying to create a visualisation<br></div>- Put it the other way around: Create a separate python package which depends on BioPython for creating the visualisations.<br><br></div>By the way, any particular reason for the choice of Bokeh, besides looking awesome? Any thoughts on Vispy or other libraries?<br><br></div>Hope to hear from you guys!<br><br></div>With kind regards,<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>--<br>Lucas van Dijk</div></div>
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