The following is a description of the Biodevelopers list, recently formed and hosted at Bioinformatics.Org.

Welcome to the biodevelopers mailing list. This list, hosted by Bioinformatics.Org, is devoted to a discussion of all aspects of bioinformatics application development from algorithm design to development methodologies. It is intended for all developers of bioinformatics software, from novice through expert programmers. Consider this to be a forum for an open and honest dialog with a large distributed group of colleagues. Much like an ongoing discussion at a conference, in-between talks, this forum is devoted to helping foster the communication and active dialog about topics of interest to the greater developer community.

Potential topics for discussion would be any software related issue that may be of interest to a bionformatics developer. These might include the use of object technologies, architecture design, databases, scalable algorithm design, user interface considerations and so forth. We would like to discourage language wars, or similar discussions. The routine posting of promotional material by companies is discouraged although comments and discussions about development tools, for example, are welcomed. Beginners questions, assuming they are not covered in the FAQ, are also very welcome.

If you have questions, please feel free to send email to one of the list maintainers: Martin Goodson (mgoodson[at]hgmp.ac.uk) and Joe Landman (landman[at]scientificappliance.com).

Subscription page:
http://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/biodevelopers

Equivalent e-mail addresses (lots to choose from):
biodevelopers[at]bioinformatics.org
biodevels[at]bioinformatics.org
biodevils[at]bioinformatics.org
biodevel[at]bioinformatics.org
biodevs[at]bioinformatics.org
biodev[at]bioinformatics.org