Hi,
In my department we have just started a new project called OpenBio-C which aims to develop a new collaborative Tool repository and Workflow Management System for the bioinformatics community.
In order to steer the development towards the right objectives, we have compiled a questionnaire to help us assess the main obstacles that impede collaboration and reproducibility.
The questionnaire that should take no more than 10 minutes of your time is available here: https://goo.gl/forms/dziu7R9bVQ6DzoKi1
Please feel free to circulate this post to any of your peers that is involved in bioinformatics research.
If you have any questions or additional feedback you are welcome to send an email to kantale@ics.forth.gr.
Regards
Alexandros Kanterakis,
The OpenBio-C Development team
http://www.openbio.eu/
Sounds like you're largely trying to write a new Galaxy. Have fun reinventing the wheel then.
Thank you for your feedback. Note taken!
In some contexts, I think what some people might consider "reinventing the wheel" can be important for training / understanding (meaning, you can run into problems if you don't substantively understand the steps related to your analysis / project). So, you need to take the time to learn material in-depth, and convince yourself whether you believe existing options are in fact OK.
I wasn't able to access the OpenBio-C site, so it is hard for me to assess this particular situation. Assuming it is a lot like Galaxy, I think you can gain valuable knowledge from trying to host your own local Galaxy (and modifying that may be kind of an intermediate to writing your own command-line code), but I can't really say much more with what I currently know (although I think your situation is different than what I described in the 1st paragraph, and I may be slightly inclined to agree with Devon).
I am interested in seeing the survey responses, but that is largely independent of my possible interest in OpenBio-C. So, I hope this comment is mostly positive :)
Best of luck!