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Cytoscape plugins are mainly developed by third parties to add extra functionality to Cytoscape. Many plugin authors are willing to share the plugins they developed. Cytoscape maintains a long list of plugins at Cytoscape website at (http://cytoscape.org/plugins2.php) and the list is growing over time. Right now, if a user wants to install a plugin, he/she can only do it manually. (1) Look at the Cytoscape website or the plugin website he/she knows. (2) Download the plugin, (3) Install the plugin into the Cytoscape. To manage the plugins (add/delete/update), user needs to keep track of each plugins manually and must know where the Cytoscape plugins are placed (in a designated directory). The goal of this project is to provide a “Plugin manager” at Cytoscape to automate the the plugin installation process, so the users will have GUIs to manage their plugins (add/delete/update). The GUIs will integrate Cytoscape, plugin website, and installation process together and user even don’t need to know what the designated Cytoscape plugin directory is. We also note that “Firefox” and “Eclipse” already have such practice to add their add-ons. This project should include three components: (1) plugin database (2) plugin web site (3) plugin manager |
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Proposal
Cytoscape plugins are mainly developed by third parties to add extra functionality to Cytoscape. Many plugin authors are willing to share the plugins they developed. Cytoscape maintains a long list of plugins at Cytoscape website at (http://cytoscape.org/plugins2.php) and the list is growing over time.
Right now, if a user wants to install a plugin, he/she can only do it manually. (1) Look at the Cytoscape website or the plugin website he/she knows. (2) Download the plugin, (3) Install the plugin into the Cytoscape. To manage the plugins (add/delete/update), user needs to keep track of each plugins manually and must know where the Cytoscape plugins are placed (in a designated directory).
The goal of this project is to provide a “Plugin manager” at Cytoscape to automate the the plugin installation process, so the users will have GUIs to manage their plugins (add/delete/update). The GUIs will integrate Cytoscape, plugin website, and installation process together and user even don’t need to know what the designated Cytoscape plugin directory is. We also note that “Firefox” and “Eclipse” already have such practice to add their add-ons.
This project should include three components: (1) plugin database (2) plugin web site (3) plugin manager
Biological Questions / Use Cases
General Notes
Requirements
Deferred Items
Open Issues
Backward Compatibility
Expected growth and plan for growth
References
Implementation Plan
[:Pluginwebsite/Implementation Plan:/Implementation Plan]