Merge pull request #51 from nebiolabs/develop

Version 1.0.3

README.md

@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ the Github repository.
     $("#my-plate-layout").plateLayOut({
       numRows: 8,
       numCols: 12,
-      imgSrc:  "css",
       readOnly: false,  // optional
       attributes: attributes,
       updateWells: function(event, data) {
@@ -234,6 +233,12 @@ This function may be called at any time to load data. Well data should be passed
 }
 ```
 
+## createObject()
+Calling this function will return the current state of the plate-map, in the form as passed into `getPlates`.
+```js
+$("#my-plate-layout").plateLayOut("createObject")
+```
+
 ## isReadOnly()
 This function will disable editing of the plates, set `flag` to true for read only mode and set `flag` to false to disable read only mode
 ```js
@@ -467,20 +472,10 @@ options for subfield id `raw_value` will be `["unit1", "unit2"]` , which is used
 ## Requirements
 **Note** that this project was tested with _Node_ v9.10.1 and _NPM_ v5.6.0.
 
-If this is your first time, start by installing the npm dependencies: `npm install`
-
-Building this project also requires the libraries _gif_lib_ and _jpeg_lib_ (required the _Canvas_ npm package).
+If this is your first time:
+1. install the (os) dependencies of the `canvas` library: https://www.npmjs.com/package/canvas/v/1.6.11
+2. run `npm install` in this directory
 
-- On Linux/Ubuntu :
-    ```bash
-    sudo apt install libgif-dev
-    sudo apt install libjpeg-dev
-    ```
-- On Mac OS :
-    ```bash
-    brew install giflib
-    brew install libjpeg
-    ```
 
 ## Project Structure
 ```