This training is an introduction to the basics of development in Galaxy; such as the lifecycle of setting up a local Galaxy instance, making minor changes to the client or backend, and eventually seeing those changes reflected on the local application. Trainees will be given a brief overview of the client and backend infrastructure, to get a better picture of how dev changes end up on the Galaxy platform.

Meet the Instructor

Ahmed Hamid Awan

Johns Hopkins University
Galaxy Developer

Dannon Baker

Johns Hopkins University
Galaxy Developer

Prerequisites

Attendees are encouraged to have the following requirements fulfilled for the training:

• Bring a laptop capable of running Galaxy
• Have a functional, familiar code editor (VS Code is a great option)
• Have git installed locally (https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)
• Have Python 3.8 installed (Galaxy requires version 3.8, to check your version run python -V)

Good to Have:

It would be even more helpful if attendees are able to come with galaxy cloned locally, via:

$ git clone https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy.git