I just started a diploma in software development. Right now we're starting out with basic Java and such (so right from the bottom you might say) - which is fine, I have no programming experience apart from knowing how to do "Hello World" in Java.

I keep hearing that mathematics is pertinent to coding, but how is it so? What general examples would show how mathematics and programming go together, or are reliant on one another?

I apologize of my question is vague, I'm barely starting to get a rough idea of the kind of world I'm stepping into as a code monkey student...


Question: Is there a comprehensive life science techniques/methods database?
Answer: you can use something like https://www.synbiota.com/ where you can store and share your protocols with collaborators. If you make your project open, then anyone in the world can view your protocols.

The nice thing about this is you can reference actual experiments that made use of the protocol (and literature) and this gives better context and understanding about the protocols...