Chapter 2: Getting started

This chapter lists what you need before starting the training.

Prerequisite knowledge

You should already be familiar with:

• Writing Nextflow pipelines (see the Nextflow training).
• How Nextflow modules and processes work (see the Nextflow modules documentation).
• Git and GitHub basics (see the git tutorial and GitHub Skills).

Required software and accounts

You need the following installed or set up:

• Nextflow.
• nf-core tools.
• A Nextflow-supported software management system, one of:
  • Conda
  • Docker
  • Apptainer
• A GitHub account.
• A fork and local clone of the nf-core/modules repository.

Tool assumptions

This training assumes you have:

• A command-line tool in mind to wrap as an nf-core module.
• A Bioconda recipe for that tool.

The next chapter introduces what defines an nf-core module.