How to Keep a Lab Notebook for Bioinformatic Analyses
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...scripts.
Naming conventions
Give every experiment a number: Numbers are a short, easy way to name files ...a given day. For example, instead of naming a file “output” name the file “1_output” so that you know ...not separated by spaces. File names with more than one word should be named in the camelCaseFormat since... file system in the computer and is just another name for a folder. For instance, your Desktop directory.... This can be a simple .txt document. Record the name, date, and location of all analyses (see above)....camelCase: In camelCase, each subsequent word in a file name after the first word begins with a capital letter...for a single use, save the script as originalName_descriptionOfEdit in the same directory where it was ...