Creating reusable tools from scripts: the Galaxy Tool Factory

The Galaxy Team; Lazarus, R; Kaspi, A; Ziemann, M
Abstract
MOTIVATION: Galaxy is a software application supporting high-throughput biology analyses and work flows, available as a free on-line service or as source code for local deployment. New tools can be written to extend Galaxy, and these can be shared using public Galaxy Tool Shed (GTS) repositories, but converting even simple scripts into tools requires effort from a skilled developer. RESULTS: The Tool Factory is a novel Galaxy tool that automates the generation of all code needed to execute user-supplied scripts, and wraps them into new Galaxy tools for upload to a GTS, ready for review and installation through the Galaxy administrative interface. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: The Galaxy administrative interface supports automated installation from the main GTS. Source code and support are available at the project website, https://bitbucket.org/fubar/galaxytoolfactory. The Tool Factory is implemented as an installable Galaxy tool.
Journal BIOINFORMATICS
ISSN 1367-4803
Published 01 Dec 2012
Volume 28
Issue 23
Pages 3139-40
DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts573
Type Journal Article
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