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Bioinformatics Frameworks Part 6: Rabix

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When Seven Bridges was conceived, a bioinformatics framework with this in mind didn’t exist yet. So, as those things go, the developers at Seven Bridges made their own language, Rabix, which they release as a beta to the public in 2017.

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Bioinformatics Frameworks Part 5: Cromwell and WDL

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Recently I visited the DTL Programmers Meeting, where I had a discussion with members of the SASC bioinformatics development group. For them, bioinformatics pipelines are more about scalibilty and manageablity, not about user-friendliness or readability. They opted for Cromwell, a framework language maintained by the Broad Institute.

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Bioinformatics Frameworks Part 4: Nextflow

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One of the biggest changes within the field of bioinformatics is the rise of the framework.  In part four, I will focus on Nextflow, the framework build for scaling.

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