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Fundamentals Training

You are now on the path to writing reproducible and scalable scientific workflows using Nextflow. This guide complements the full Nextflow documentation - if you ever have any doubts, please refer to that.

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Learning objectives

By the end of this course you should:

  • Write simple Nextflow workflows
  • Describe the Nextflow concepts of Channels, Processes and Operators
  • Have an understanding of containerized workflows
  • Understand the different execution platforms supported by Nextflow
  • Describe the Nextflow community and ecosystem

Audience & prerequisites

Please note that this is not a beginner's workshop. Familiarity with Nextflow, the command line, and common file formats is assumed.

For a beginner's introduction to Nextflow, please see the Hello Nextflow course.

Prerequisites

  • A GitHub account
  • Experience with command line
  • An understanding of common file formats

Follow the training videos and get help

Video recordings are available for this course. You can ask questions in the Seqera community forum.

You can watch the recording of the most recent training (March, 2024) in the YouTube playlist below:

Warning

Please note that the training material is updated regularly and that the videos linked below may be out of date.

If English is not your preferred language, you may find it useful to follow the training from the March 2023 event, which is available in multiple languages.