Tag: Bioinformatics
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NGS Workflow Management Systems
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Workflow management systems (WMS) like Nextflow, Bpipe, and JANIS are designed to streamline the execution of complex, multi-step computational processes, especially common in bioinformatics and other data-intensive fields. They address key challenges in managing workflows, such as reproducibility, scalability, and automation. To get an intuition about automation and efficiency, think…
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Object-oriented programming (OOP) intuition
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Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a paradigm that organizes software design around data, or objects, rather than functions and logic. Here’s a simple explanation to understand the intuition behind OOP, especially when compared to non-object-oriented programming languages: Intuition of Object-Oriented Programming Imagine you’re building a small city with various types of…