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Version 1.1.0

Release: Oct 2024

  • Improvements to functionality.
    • Added ability to parse data that are unevenly spaced. Added this ability for all data types (standard, spectrum and timecourse) by adding an option to Step 4 to specify the starting row/column of each reading by cell selection. Updated all example parsers.
    • Added ability to parse spectrum data in matrix format.
    • Added reminders to Step 2 and Step 4 that the order of cell selection matters.
  • Documentation updates.
    • About tab: Updated plate reader data formats that the app can parse.
    • Help tab: Updated troubleshooting section and error messages.


Version 1.0.1

Release: Oct 2023

  • Bug fixes.
    • Added error handling to catch issues in step 2 (reading names specification), that previously caused the app to crash during step 5 (well numbering).
  • Documentation updates.
    • Help tab: Updated error messages.


Version 1.0.0

Release: Oct 2023

  • Major improvements to functionality.
    • Added ability to download built parsers, and upload them for quick parsing of similar plate reader files. Parsing new data files now only requires (i) uploading a saved parser function, along with new raw data and metadata, and (ii) clicking a ‘Run Parser’ button. Example parsers are also provided for all example data types.
  • Major UI updates.
    • Added section for saving and downloading parser at the bottom of the Build Your Own Parser tab.
    • Added Use Saved Parser tab for handling uploaded parsers. This tab is laid out similarly to the first tab, with the addition of a Parser Function tab that includes a complete description of the loaded parser function.
  • Documentation updates.
    • Updated Guide and Help pages about new functionality.


Version 0.2.0

Release: Oct 2023

  • Improvements to functionality.
    • Added ability to upload files in Excel format.
    • Removed requirement for units to be in minutes.
    • Added ability to grab timepoints by selecting these directly from the data.
    • Added ability to upload metadata files in matrix format (including a new example file).
  • Bug fixes
    • Added error handling to catch issues with the data/metadata upload step that previously caused the app to crash.
  • Minor UI updates.
    • Added row numbers to most tables.
  • Updates to the documentation.
    • Updated Guide and Help pages about new functionality.


Version 0.1.3

Release: Jun 2023

  • Minor improvements to functionality.
    • Updated file handling checks to restrict uploaded files to compatible file types.
  • Minor wording corrections in the documentation.


Version 0.1.2

Release: May 2023

  • Minor improvements to functionality.
    • Added ability to skip addition of metadata to allow data extraction + tidying without metadata joining.
    • Expanded data import from comma-separated value (CSV) format only to data that is delimited by semi-colons or tabs (tab-separated data, or .tsv).
    • Removed requirement for ‘custom’ well list to include a well in ‘A1’/‘H12’ format.
  • Minor wording changes in BYOP tab.
  • Minor documentation updates.
    • About tab: Instrument compatibility section expanded.
    • Guide tab: Updated guide to incorporate recent changes.
    • Help tab: Updated error messages.


Version 0.1.1

Release: May 2023

  • No changes in app functionality.
  • Minor UI and wording changes to the app.
  • Minor changes to Example Data, which have been simplified.
  • Major documentation updates.
    • Guide refined and updated. Diagrams added. Sections on Spectrum and Timecourse added. Notation changed from ‘Channel’ to ‘Reading’.
    • Help page: Updated Definitions.
    • About tab: Instrument compatibility section added.
    • Demos tab added, with example data details and demo screen recordings.
    • News tab added.


Version 0.1.0

Release: April 2023

Initial release of Parsley.