Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: Aston
Version: 0.7.1
Summary: Mass/UV Spectral Analysis Program
Home-page: https://github.com/bovee/aston
Author: Roderick Bovee
Author-email: rbovee@gmail.com
License: BSD 3-Clause
Platform: Any
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Chemistry
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Requires-Dist: numpy (>=1.16.4)
Requires-Dist: scipy (>=1.2.0)
Provides-Extra: plot
Requires-Dist: matplotlib ; extra == 'plot'
Requires-Dist: jupyter ; extra == 'plot'

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# Aston

Aston is a cross-platform, open source library for the analysis of chromatographic data. It's named for Francis William Aston, creator of the first fully functional mass spectrometer, and written using Python, Numpy, and Scipy. A graphical front-end is also available at https://github.com/bovee/AstonQt.


## Installation

Before you can use Aston, you must install Numpy and Scipy. Because these two packages contain C and Fortran code, installing via `pip` may be difficult (if you take this route, install them separately -- `pip install numpy` then `pip install scipy`) so I recommend installing them with your operating systems native facilities:

 - Arch: `sudo pacman -Syu python-numpy python-scipy`
 - Ubuntu/Debian: `sudo apt-get install python3-numpy python3-scipy`
 - Mac OS X: `brew install numpy` and `brew install scipy` ( you will need Homebrew for this: http://brew.sh/ )
 - Windows: graphical Anaconda installer @ https://www.continuum.io/downloads

Once these are installed, you can check that everything works by running the tests with `python setup.py test`.


## Usage

```python
from aston.tracefile import TraceFile
c = TraceFile('./test.cdf')
```


