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• http://develop.qiime2.org/#
• http://develop.qiime2.org/plugins/intro.html
• Tutorial: A step-by-step guide to building your first QIIME 2 plugin
• Create your plugin from a template
• Add a first (real) Method
• Add a first Visualizer
• Add a new Artifact Class
• Add a Usage Example
• Add a second transformer
• Add a first Pipeline
• Add a Pipeline with parallel computing support
• Integrate metadata in Actions
• Conclusion
• How-To Guides
• Set up your development environment
• Distribute plugins on GitHub
• Creating a new release of your plugin on GitHub
• Define version numbers for your plugin
• Distribute plugins on QIIME 2 Library
• Provide technical support for your users
• Maximize compatibility between your plugin(s) and existing QIIME 2 distribution(s)
• Facilitating installation of your plugin for users
• Automate testing of your plugin
• Publicize your QIIME 2 plugins (or other QIIME 2-based tools)
• Register a QIIME 2 plugin
• Create and register a Method
• Create and register a visualizer
• Create and register a pipeline
• Creating and registering a Transformer
• Use Artifact Collections as Action inputs or outputs
• How to play nicely with other plugins
• How to use Metadata
• How to test QIIME 2 plugins
• Writing Usage Examples
• Defining different Format validation levels
• Handling exceptions in parallel Pipelines
• Track the value of random seeds and other automated parameter settings in data provenance
• Incorporate R Software into a Plugin
• Use the RachisWarning Class: An Always-Visible Warning
• Explanations
• Types of QIIME 2 Actions
• The structure of QIIME 2 plugin packages
• Semantic types, data types, file formats, and artifact classes
• Transformers
• References
• Plugin development patterns
• Plugin development anti-patterns
• Plugin Development API
• Plugin & Registration
• Formats
• Types
• Citations
• Testing
• Utilities
• Pipeline Context Object
• Usage Examples
• User Metadata API
• Interface Development
• References
• Interface developer API reference
• Framework Development
• Explanations
• QIIME 2 architecture overview
• How Data is Stored
• Anatomy of an Archive
• Semantic Types, Primitives, and Visualizations
• File Formats and Directory Formats
• Decentralized retrospective provenance tracking
• Garbage Collection
• Metaprogramming
• References
• Archive versions
• QIIME 2 Development and Release Cycle Structure
• Installing a QIIME 2 Distribution
• Docs Development
• MyST
• Distribution Development
• Back matter
• Glossary
• List of works cited
• Index
• http://develop.qiime2.org/_sources/intro.md
• Acknowledgements
• Getting Help
• Contributing
• Funding
• License
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• https://develop.qiime2.org
• http://develop.qiime2.org/#old-docs
• http://develop.qiime2.org/plugins/tutorials/intro.html#plugin-tutorial-intro
• http://develop.qiime2.org/framework/explanations/intro.html#framework-explanations
• http://develop.qiime2.org/plugins/intro.html#plugin-intro
• http://develop.qiime2.org/interfaces/intro.html#interface-intro
• http://develop.qiime2.org/docs/intro.html#documentation-intro
• http://develop.qiime2.org/framework/intro.html#framework-intro
• http://develop.qiime2.org/ci/intro.html#ci-intro
• http://develop.qiime2.org/docs/developer-documentation.html#contributing-to-dwq2
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• active development
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• Greg Caporaso and Evan Bolyen
• Diátaxis
• those who have contributed
• @misialq’s plugin template
• here
• 1U24CA248454-01
• DAF2019-207342
• funding
• grant
• Developing with QIIME 2 (DWQ2)
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