Training new Browser Staff

Some ideas about how to train new QA Engineers...

(see also: Getting Started)

Logistics

• get a computer
• get a login
• email for UCSC and SOE
• key card
• copy .tcshrc or .bashrc from one of us
• check out a copy of the kent source tree
• build your own sandbox

Tools

• vi (vimtutorial) -- or other editor
• mysql
• CVS (or git, if we get it)

Browser

• Open Helix tutorials
• ASHG hands on tutorial

Data

• Jorge's data flow PowerPoint presentation

Training person-to-person (in rough chronological order)

1. machine layout
2. data flow
3. trackDb.ra and trackDb table
4. make docs
5. pushQ
6. QAing a "normal" track (using the checklist, perhaps)

• joinerCheck

1. static docs
2. makefiles
3. /usr/local/apache vs. the cvs tree
4. hgcentral