CrosstalkNet-webapp

A tool to analyze bi-partite and non-bipartite biological networks.

Prerequisites

The app has several dependencies that cannot be obtained via bower or npm. The server side code depends heavily on R scripts. Here are the R libraries needed for the server-side code:

• data.table
• jsonlite
• Matrix

Installation

CrosstalkNet-webapp requires node.js v4+ to run.

CrosstalkNet-webapp requires bower to install and update javascript dependencies.

Install the dependencies:

cd CrosstalkNet
npm install
bower install

Create .env file based on .env.example

Running the app

The following needs to be run from the main Crosstalknet-webapp directory which contains the app.js file.

npm start

This starts the server on port 5000. To use the app, simply naviagate to http://localhost:5000/app/

Main Directory Structure

.
├── app
├── node_modules
├── R_Scripts
├── server-utils
├── user_creation
├── .bowercc
├── .gitignore
├── bower.json
├── package.json
├── README.md
└── server.js

Code Description

To see how the app works, click one of the following links:

• Server
• Client
• R