Developer’s Guide

• Writing VisTrails Packages
  • Introduction
  • Who Should Read This Chapter?
  • An Example Module
  • An Example Package
  • Package Specification
  • Module Specification
  • Port Specification
  • Generating Modules Dynamically
  • Wrapping Command-line tools
  • For System Administrators
• Command-line Arguments
  • Starting VisTrails via the Command Line
  • Specifying a User Configuration Directory
  • Passing Database Parameters on the Command Line
  • Running VisTrails in Batch Mode
  • Executing Workflows in Parallel
  • Executing Parameter Explorations from the Command Line
  • Finding Methods Via the Command Line
• Job Submission
  • Monitoring Jobs
  • Job Handles
  • Using ModuleSuspended
  • Using JobMixin
• Accessing the Execution Log
• Creating a Control Flow Loop Module
  • Building your own loop structure
• Using parallelization in VisTrails modules
  • Threading
  • Multiprocessing
  • IPython
• Wrapping command line tools using package CLTools
  • Package CLTools
• VisTrails API Documentation
  • Module Definition
  • Port Specification
  • Parameter Widget Configuration