Overview

Teaching: 30 min
Exercises: 0 min

Questions

• What is a workflow?

• Why should I use a workflow?

• What are the advantages of Nextflow?

Objectives

• Describe a workflow.

• Explain why workflows are useful.

• Ascertain whether Nextflow meets your needs.

Workflows

Key Points

• A workflow is a series of tasks to process data.

• A workflow framework is a set of tools that allow you to compose tasks, connect them together, and process data.

• There are many workflow frameworks available.

• Nextflow is reproducible, portable, simple, extensible, well designed, open source, and supported.