From 8c4759c6ac6016e0d94bea0899a181a016fce048 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graeme Grimes Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:12:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Addedf information about the nextflow console --- _extras/guide.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/_extras/guide.md b/_extras/guide.md index 7587d626..98f346fc 100644 --- a/_extras/guide.md +++ b/_extras/guide.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ You may be asked by the learners when you would need to use a workflow system. T ## Nextflow echo option -It can be useful to use the `-process.echo` option to echo output from a process when you run Nextflow . +It can be useful to use the `-process.echo` option to echo output from a process when you run Nextflow . ~~~ nextflow run main.nf -process.echo @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The nextflow lesson material has been adapted from the sequera-labs training cou The [Atom editor](https://atom.io/) has [syntax highlighting](https://atom.io/packages/language-nextflow) for Nextflow. -## Geeting Help +## Getting Help For questions about the main Nextflow tool, use the Nextflow Gitter chat community: https://gitter.im/nextflow-io/nextflow @@ -35,7 +35,18 @@ Many nf-core resources are to be found on this website. If in doubt, get in touc The nf-core Slack channel has a #carpentries-course channel for asking questions about the course. +## Nextflow REPL console +Nextflow has a console graphical interface. The Nextflow console is a REPL (read-eval-print loop) environment that allows one to quickly test part of a script or pieces of Nextflow code in an interactive manner. + +It is a handy tool that allows one to evaluate fragments of Nextflow/Groovy code or fast prototype a complete pipeline script. + +See the blog post [here](https://www.nextflow.io/blog/2015/introducing-nextflow-console.html) for more information. + +~~~ +nextflow console +~~~ +{: .language-bash} ## References