Developer documentation
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Contents
Getting started
- Getting started developing for WormBase - Notes for external developers
- WormBase Wiki: Developer Forum
- Migration matrix (GoogleDoc)
- HOWTO migrate a CGI - quick overview of how to migrate an existing CGI into a Model, Controller, and View. Sparse
Software platform
- Application overview - A quick tour through the software platform
- Installing the Web Application - Here's how to install the WormBase web application -- including Catalyst -- on your system
- Common Model elements - reference list of common model elements handled generically
- Coding standards
- Deployment - How to deploy the web app for production use
Hardware platform
- Logical structure
- Physical structure - Mirroring mysql databases across production nodes
- MySQL database replication
- Performance optimization - Memory, Disk, and Network I/O troubleshooting
- Hardware catalog - A complete accounting of WormBase compute resources
- Base node configuration - CentOS5 - Configuring a WormBase node from scratch (CentOS 5)
Administration
- Monitoring services and servers
- Crises Recovery Plan - Everything breaks. Here's how to fix it.
Load balancing and Failover
- Building Squid - How to build and install Squid
- Configuring Squid - basic squid configuration at WormBase
- Log file management and analysis - rotating and analyzing logs
Developer Meetings
Presentations
CSHL conference call slides
Part 1: Introduction (key, pdf)-- Catalyst, the reimplementation strategy, and roadmap
Part 2: On Configuration (key,pdf) -- Configuration basics (and freebies)
