FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What operating systems are supported?
A. ProteinTracker is a web-application. So for the server that you're installing it on, basically any operating system that supports running a Servlet container and a PostgreSQL database should work. This includes multiple versions of Windows and Linux, BSD, and Solaris operating systems. Mac OS X should work fine as well, but we haven't tested it. If you run into any installation problems, please let us know. As for the client, any relatively modern browser should work fine.

Q. What does ProteinTracker track?
A. Proteins, supes, cell lines, and DNA constructs, as well as requests for supes from transient transfections and stable cell lines. It also tracks requests for protein purification, existing protein from inventory, and DNA.

Q. Who is this application written for?
A. ProteinTracker is written for any organization (academic or commercial) that wishes to track the details related to protein production and purification. A similar version of the application is currently in use at a small biotech where it is used to track ~10,000 combined supes, constructs, cell lines, and protein batches.

Q. I'm getting errors with some of my JUnit tests, what's up?
A. You'll want to check a few things first; for example - make sure you are including the libraries in the lib-test directory. Change the dependency order so that the lib-test libraries come first. Also for some of the integration tests that use the database - make sure you have setup the database and created your tables using the provided script, and that the hibernate config files are in the directory you are running your tests in.