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E-mail:\u00a0<a class=\"linkurl\" href=\"mailto:valorisation@crs4.it\">valorisation@crs4.it<\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Challenge<\/h4>\n<p>Workflow managers for scientific analysis provide a high-level programming platform facilitating standardization, automation, collaboration and access to sophisticated computing resources. The Galaxy workflow manager provides a prime example of this type of platform. As compositions of simpler tools, workflows effectively comprise specialized computer programs implementing often very complex analysis procedures.<\/p>\n<h4>Overview<\/h4>\n<p>With wft4galaxy we offer a tool to bring automated testing to Galaxy workflows, making it feasible to bring continuous integration to their development and ensuring that defects are detected promptly. wft4galaxy can be easily installed as a regular Python program or launched directly as a Docker container\u2014the latter reducing installation effort to a minimum.<\/p>\n<h4>Innovative features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>simple-to-use solution to integrate workflow tests in regular CI environments;<\/li>\n<li>self-contained docker image \u2013 no installation required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Potential users<\/h4>\n<p>Galaxy community<\/p>\n<h4>Impact sectors<\/h4>\n<p>ICT<\/p>\n<h4>Other resources<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/phnmnl\/wft4galaxy\">https:\/\/github.com\/phnmnl\/wft4galaxy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btx461\" class=\"broken_link\">M. E. Piras, L. Pireddu, G. Zanetti; wft4galaxy: a workflow testing tool for galaxy, Bioinformatics, Volume 33, Issue 23, 1 December 2017, Pages 3805\u20133807, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btx461<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A workflow testing tool for Galaxy Contacts Luca Pireddu,\u00a0Marco Enrico Piras, Gianluigi Zanetti. E-mail:\u00a0valorisation@crs4.it Challenge Workflow managers for scientific analysis provide a high-level programming platform facilitating standardization, automation, collaboration and access to sophisticated computing resources. The Galaxy workflow manager provides a prime example of this type of platform. 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