This is just a temporary repository to write the 'minimal representation of a variant' code for xbrowse We'll wrap this up into xbrowse when we're comfortable with the result.

Two files:

• minimal_representation.py is the actual application code. I think only one function is necessary but feel free to add more if necessary.

• test_minimal_representation.py is for unit tests.

Run the test with:

python test_minimal_representation.py 

This has no dependencies - just Python 2.7

One option is to use "test driven development" here. It's a good exercise, but I probably wouldn't because of the overhead - up to you. But we do need tests.