'''This journal entry is due on Tuesday, November 3, at midnight PST.''' ''(Monday night/Tuesday morning)''

'''This journal entry is due on Tuesday, November 3, at midnight PST.''' ''(Monday night/Tuesday morning)''

== Overview ==

== Overview ==

* Don't forget to add the "Journal Entry" category to the end of your wiki page.

* Don't forget to add the "Journal Entry" category to the end of your wiki page.

**'''''Note: you can easily fulfill all of these links by adding them to your template and then using your template on your journal entry.'''''

**'''''Note: you can easily fulfill all of these links by adding them to your template and then using your template on your journal entry.'''''

* For your assignment this week, you will keep an '''''electronic laboratory notebook''''' on your individual journal entry page for this week.  An electronic laboratory notebook records all the manipulations you perform on the data and the answers to the questions throughout the protocol. Like a paper lab notebook found in a wet lab, it should contain enough information so that you or someone else could reproduce what you did using only the information from the notebook.

* For your assignment this week, you will keep an '''''electronic laboratory notebook''''' on your individual journal entry page for this week.  An electronic laboratory notebook records all the manipulations you perform on the data and the answers to the questions throughout the protocol. Like a paper lab notebook found in a wet lab, it should contain enough information so that you or someone else could reproduce what you did using only the information from the notebook.  As a reminder, be sure to answer any questions embedded in the protocol in your journal page and make sure to upload and link to your completed files on your individual journal page.

=== Homework Partners ===

=== Homework Partners ===

* Jake Woodlee, Erich Yanoschik

* Jake Woodlee, Erich Yanoschik

== Exporting a ''Vibrio cholerae'' Gene Database ==

== Tuesday, October 27: Exporting a ''Vibrio cholerae'' Gene Database ==

* [[Running_GenMAPP_Builder | Perform an export of the ''Vibrio cholerae'' GenMAPP Gene Database following the instructions on this page.]]

* [[Running_GenMAPP_Builder | Perform an export of the ''Vibrio cholerae'' GenMAPP Gene Database following the instructions on this page.]]

* When downloading data and beginning your export, begin to fill out a Gene Database Testing Report. [[Gene_Database_Testing_Report_Sample | Copy the wiki code from this page and paste it into your individual journal page.]]  Then answer the questions asked.  Once your export is complete, then follow the instructions below for quality assurance.

* Note that you will actually start your Quality Assurance process when downloading data and beginning your export.  On Tuesday, you will need to begin to fill out a Gene Database Testing Report. [[Gene_Database_Testing_Report_Sample | Copy the wiki code from this page and paste it into your individual journal page.]]  Then answer the questions asked.  Once your export is complete, then follow the instructions below for quality assurance.

=== Performing Quality Assurance on the ''Vibrio cholerae'' Gene Database ===

=== Thursday, October 28: Performing Quality Assurance on the ''Vibrio cholerae'' Gene Database ===

* Using the ''Vibrio cholerae'' GenMAPP Gene Database that you exported, perform the [[How Do I Count Thee? Let Me Count The Ways|steps described on this page]] for your respective XML, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft Access data, and record the data in your [[Gene Database Testing Report Sample| Gene Database Testing Report]].

* Using the ''Vibrio cholerae'' GenMAPP Gene Database that you exported, perform the [[How Do I Count Thee? Let Me Count The Ways|steps described on this page]] for your respective XML, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft Access data, and record the data in your [[Gene Database Testing Report Sample| Gene Database Testing Report]].

* In class on November 3, the teams will be assigned for the Final Class Project.   

* In class on November 3, the teams will be assigned for the Final Class Project.   

* There will be four teams of 4 students.

* There will be four teams of 4 students.