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Geoff Winsor
Hi,
I am in charge of a genome database/ web site that is running on a Windows
Server 2003 platform. We are planning to migrate to Linux soon and are in
the process of deciding what language the new web site will be written in.
One important feature of the Windows-based site is a dynamic image map
created by an ASP application that produces an image of about 40 genes (out
of about 6000) at a time depending on what region of the genome the user is
currently looking up. The application is fed a list of coordinates of the
genes in the genome and these genes are drawn out as a series of
rectangles/boxes - each box can be clicked on and bring you to the record
for a nearby gene, while displaying the current location in the image map at
the top of the page (if this sounds confusing, please look up
http://www.pseudomonas.com//AnnotationByPAu.asp?PA=PA4218).
We are currently debating whether the site will be written in Java or Perl
(using the GD module for graphics). I am wondering if there are some
suitable Java classes that can be used to create this dynamic image map
reasonably fast and display it at the top of the page. In my limited
experience coding in Java, I associate its graphics capabilities with
applets, which we would like to avoid. Any advice on this matter would be
greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Geoff
I am in charge of a genome database/ web site that is running on a Windows
Server 2003 platform. We are planning to migrate to Linux soon and are in
the process of deciding what language the new web site will be written in.
One important feature of the Windows-based site is a dynamic image map
created by an ASP application that produces an image of about 40 genes (out
of about 6000) at a time depending on what region of the genome the user is
currently looking up. The application is fed a list of coordinates of the
genes in the genome and these genes are drawn out as a series of
rectangles/boxes - each box can be clicked on and bring you to the record
for a nearby gene, while displaying the current location in the image map at
the top of the page (if this sounds confusing, please look up
http://www.pseudomonas.com//AnnotationByPAu.asp?PA=PA4218).
We are currently debating whether the site will be written in Java or Perl
(using the GD module for graphics). I am wondering if there are some
suitable Java classes that can be used to create this dynamic image map
reasonably fast and display it at the top of the page. In my limited
experience coding in Java, I associate its graphics capabilities with
applets, which we would like to avoid. Any advice on this matter would be
greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Geoff