A gene visualising database

Abstract

The present work aims to lay the foundations for the development of a modern web database application for storage, retrieval, manipulation and visualisation of biological data. The application also offers a data compression service. Although the set of operational requirements will initially be small, the goal is to implement the application following a modern software development methodology, to design with a modern architecture and to rely on a modern stack of technologies, so that our application is easily maintainable and scalable in the future. The latest design patterns will be used in the construction of the application, such as microservices, the model-view-controller technique and three-tier architecture. In the above context, a prototype of the application will be developed, initially in a local development environment, but with the prospect that it will be transferred in the future to a hosting environment so that it is accessible to all.