Update by ialbert on Mon Feb 12 14:56:47 EST 2018 from yolo.local
[python]: https://www.python.org/
[django]: https://www.djangoproject.com/
-The Biostar Engine is a [Python][python] and [Django][django] based data analysis oriented application server that can execute scripts over the web while providing a graphical user interface for selecting the parameters of these scripts. The scripts that the software executes may written in `bash`, may be a `Makefile`, `R` commands, just about any executable command.
+The Biostar Engine is a [Python][python] and [Django][django] based scientific data analysis oriented application server that can execute scripts over the web while providing a graphical user interface for selecting the parameters of these scripts. The scripts that the software executes may written for `bash`, may be a `Makefile`, `R` commands in a file, basically just about any executable command.
We call the scripts that the engine can execute as *recipes*. Recipes with bioinformatics orientation are maintained separately in the [biostar-recipes][recipes] repository.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Our installation instructions rely on [conda][conda] though other alternatives a
3\. Install the python dependencies:
- # Switch to the engine directory.
+ # Switch to the biostar-engine directory.
cd biostar-engine
# Install server dependencies.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The default admin email/password combination is: `1@lvh.me/testbuddy`. You may
## Bioinformatics environment
-The following steps are optional. The instructions will add [bioconda][bioconda] specific tools into the current environment. Use them only if you also want to run the [bioconda][bioconda] specific recipes. Make sure that you have set up [bioconda][bioconda] if you wish to run this!
+The following steps are optional. The instructions will add [bioconda][bioconda] specific tools into the current environment. Use them only if you also want to run the [bioconda][bioconda] specific recipes. Make sure that you have enabled [bioconda][bioconda] prior to running the following:
# Activate the environment.
source activate engine
