.. _developer_guide:

Developer Guide
===============

How to extend Bio_pype: write reusable snippets, compose them into pipelines,
wire arguments and results between steps, build execution environments, and
hook into the validation, storage and queue internals.

New to Bio_pype? Start with the :ref:`user_guide` to understand how workflows
are installed and run before authoring your own.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Writing modules

   snippets
   pipelines
   composite_arguments_guide
   batch_list_arguments_guide

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Authoring tools

   builder
   validation

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Execution internals

   storage_backends

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: API reference

   api