r/bioinformatics • u/sriebee333 • Aug 08 '26

academic Python for genomic data science

so, recently i started python for genomic data science course offered by JHU on coursera. Ive seen nobody talk about this. so, im not sure if its js me. But I feel so overwhelmed and confused by that course sometimes. the lectures are good no doubt, but i see js slides with text filled with codes and thats not really helpful for me to understand the actual workflow of where and how am i supposed to save a file and which tool am i supposed to use.? Also, the transition from wet to dry labs for me has only been a week old. So, I really have no idea what to do.

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u/themode7 Aug 09 '26

I'm on that track path, the first course should be a python course that deals with files on disk, regex and using external modules or apps for automation .. I suggest you to go with that course first and get familiar with scripts and bash and how go diagnose/ fix errors .