Ten simple rules for biologists learning to program

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Carey, Maureen A ^a   Papin, Jason A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMPLE++;

BIOLOGY;

COMPUTER LANGUAGE; CRITICAL THINKING; DATA PROCESSING; EDITORIAL; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING CURVE; OMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE; BIOLOGY; EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER LITERACY; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85040921180     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005871     Document Type: Editorial

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