Cell Guide depends on Cell Browser, an awesome platform for browsing data.

Follow the steps below to launch a browser with your own data.

Learn more about how this works by reading the extensive documentation for Cell Browser.

Steps

1. Install Cell Browser
2. Copy data files
3. Copy Cell Guide files

Step 1. Install Cell Browser

We can use pip to quickly install Cell Browser:

pip install cellbrowser

For other options, see the installation instructions.

Step 2. Copy data files

To get things moving, let’s copy a fully functional browser:

git clone git@github.com:slowkow/cellguide-smillie2019

To build a browser with your own data, see the instructions.

Step 3. Copy Cell Guide files

Overwrite the Cell Browser files with the Cell Guide files:

cd cellguide-smillie2019
git clone git@github.com:slowkow/cellguide public_html

Finally, start the built-in Python HTTP server:

cbBuild -o public_html -p 8888

And open http://localhost:8888 to see something like this: