During the ISBM 2020 online conference (iscb.org), the creator of Nextflow, Paolo Di Tommaso, introduced the next iteration of Nextflow: DSL2. To quickly recap Nextflow, it’s a framework languange that simplifies the creation of scalable workflows for researchers and developers, using a Groovy-based scripting. It manages tasks across diverse computing environments, ensuring reproducibility and scalability. […]
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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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BioCentric is all about creating the bridge between high level computational capabilities and real biological research.
To make this possible and provide solutions to reseachers at large, we started a Github repository.
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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