Forum:Bioinformatics algorithm tutorials in C++/C

Question

[sunnykevin97]

HI,

Eagerly looking for good tutorials to start with the bioinformatics algorithms

Suggestions please.

[Michael]

Hi, what do you actually want to do? Do you want to implement specific algorithms, and which, in C or C++ (two different computer languages). The direct connection of algorithms and languages appears a bit odd. An algorithm is an abstract description of a computational "recipe" that could be given in pseudo-code or any formal language. A programmer should then be able to implement such an algorithm in actual computer code, compile, test and debug it.

Answer 1

[Michael]

Not strictly an introduction into algorithms, but check the SeqAn library tutorial: https://docs.seqan.de/seqan/3-master-user/usergroup1.html

If you want to do applied bioinformatics efficiently or implement an new application in whatever language, you will need a good set of supported libraries for doing the basics, like file parsing, IO, alignment, etc.