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---+!! ACS Workshop for LLAMA

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---++ Overview
This ACS Workshop for LLAMA is intended for software developers that will be involved in designing and implementing the LLAMA Software (LLAMAS), which include several applications to control and monitor its antenna and instruments. It is based on previous experiences that have been organized since 2004 (see [[https://github.com/ACS-Community/ACS/wiki/ACS-Workshops][past ACS workshops]]) and consists of a technical hands-on course using the ALMA Common Software (ACS) framework, alternated with short technical talks and discussions. This site contains all relevant information for the course participants.

It is assumed that all participants are sufficiently knowledgeable about object oriented programming, C++ (or Java) and relatively familiar with scripting languages and CORBA. Links to relevant information can be found in the reference documentation (see below).

---++ General Info
   * *Dates:* September 8th to 10th, 2014.
   * *Location:* IAG, Sao Paulo, Brazil
   * *Room:*  Students Computer Lab
   * Course project: [[ACSWorkshop2014Project][LLAMA Observatory Software Toy Model]]
   * [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise][Group exercises]]
   * [[ACSWorkshop2014References][Reference documentation]]
---++ Instruction for Participants
   * Bring your own laptop
   * Bring an electric plug adaptor for the [[http://www.inmetro.gov.br/qualidade/pluguestomadas/index.asp][Brazilian new standard]]
   * Install in your laptop a virtualization application:
      1 [[http://www.vmware.com/][VMware]] - _default choice_
      1 [[https://www.virtualbox.org/][VirtualBox]] - _use it at your own risk_
   * Download the !CentOS5 virtual machine. These are  [[http://www.vmware.com/][VMware]] VM, but can be converted to [[https://www.virtualbox.org/][VirtualBox]]. 
      1 Zipped [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/CentOS-vm.zip][Cent OS5]] Virtual Machine for [[http://www.vmware.com/][VMware]]
      1 Targezipped  [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/CentOS_VB.tgz][Cent OS5]] Virtual Machine for [[https://www.virtualbox.org/][VirtualBox]]
    * Alternatively, there is also a SL5 version of the software. You can skip it this flavour for the time being.
      1 Zipped [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/SL55-vm.zip][SL 5.5]] Virtual Machine [[http://www.vmware.com/][VMware]]
      1 Targezipped [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/SL55_VB.tgz][SL 5.5]] Virtual Machine for  [[https://www.virtualbox.org/][VirtualBox]] 
   * Download the ACS software (_note that this is optional, the virtual machines already include a working ACS installation_)
      1 Gzipped tar file [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/pub/ACS-2014_2/ACS-2014_2-20140703-i686-SL5.5.tar.gz][ACS 2014.2 SL5.5]]
      1 Gzipped tar file [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/pub/ACS-2014_2/ACS-2014_2-ExtProd-20140702-i686-SL5.5.tar.gz][ACS 2014.2 External Products]]
      1 Gzipped tar file [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/pub/ACS-2014_2/Sources.tgz][Sources ACS 2014.2]]
      1 Gzipped tar file [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/pub/ACS-2014_4/ACS-2014_4-20140819-i686-SL5.5.tar.gz][ACS 2014.4 SL5.5]]
      1 Gzipped tar file [[http://www.llamaobservatory.org/ACS-Course/pub/ACS-2014_4/ACS-2014_4-ExtProd-20140708-i686-RH5.5.tar.gz][ACS 2014.4 SL5 External Products]]
---++ Participants
*Course instructors:*
| *Name* | *Institution* | *Project* |
| Main.JorgeIbsen | JAO (ESO) | ALMA |
| Main.TomasIStaig | JAO (AUI) | ALMA  |

*Course attendees:*
| *Name* | *Institute* | *Project* | *C++*  | *Java* | *Python* |
| [[Main.CesarStrauss][César]] | INPE | LLAMA |  %ICON{choice-yes}%  |  |  |
| Danilo Zanella  | IAG | LLAMA |  %ICON{choice-yes}%  | | |
| [[Main.FedeB][Federico Bareilles]] | IAR | LLAMA | | | |
| [[Main.FernandoHauscarriaga][Fernando]] | IAR | LLAMA |  |  |  |
| [[Main.GuillermoGCastro][Guigue]] | Mackenzie | LLAMA |  %ICON{choice-yes}%  |  %ICON{blank-bg}%  |  %ICON{choice-yes}%  |
| [[Main.LeandroManuelGarcia][Leandro]] | IAR | LLAMA |  |  |  |
| [[Main.ZulemaAbraham][Zulema]] | IAG | LLAMA |  %ICON{choice-yes}%  |  |  |

---++ Agenda

| *Day 1* |||
| *Time* | *Activity* | *Guiding instructor* |
| 09:00-09:20 | Welcome. Workshop introduction. _Language Definition: English, Spanish, Portuñol?_ Who is who | All   |
| 09:20-09:40 | [[%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%/00_-_LLAMAS.pdf][The LLAMA Software. What needs to be done, who will do it, how will it get done]]  | All participants  |
| 09:40-10:20 | [[%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%/01-_ACS_-_Introduction.pdf][Introduction to the ALMA Common Software Framework]]  | Jorge Ibsen   |
| 10:20-10:30 | _Coffee break_ | |
| 10:30-10:50 | [[%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%/02-_ACS_-_Component-Container.pdf][Component/Container Model and Lifecycle Management]] | Jorge Ibsen   |
| 10:50-11:10 | [[%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%/03-_ACS_-_A_walk_through_ACS_functionality.pdf][A walk through ACS functionality]]  | Tomás Staig  |
| 11:10-12:10 | Group Exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Group_Exercise_1_Setting_up_an_A][Setting up the ACS working environment]]   | All participants   |
| 12:10-12:30 | [[%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%/04_-_Observatory_Software_Toy_Model.pdf][Project definition]] and [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Assignments][group assignments]] | Jorge Ibsen   |
| 12:30-13:30 | _Lunch break_ | |
| 13:30-14:00 | [[%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%/05-_ACS_-_Project_Lifecycle.pdf][Project life-cycle]] and [[%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%/06-_ACS_-_Software_Engineering_Basics.pdf][software engineering basics]] | Tomás Staig   |
| 14:00-14:20 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Group_Exercise_2_Setting_up_an_d][Setting up a development environment]] | All participants   |
| 14:20-14:50 | Software deployment: [[%PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%/07-_ACS_-_Configuration_Database.pdf][The configuration database]]    | Jorge Ibsen   |
| 14:50-15:20 | Demonstration: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise][Setting up a test CDB with simulated components]] | All participants  |
| 15:20-15:30 | _Coffee break_ | |
| 15:30-15:45 | Demonstration: A simple python component client   | Tomás Staig   |
| 15:45-16:15 | Component implementation guidelines    | Tomás Staig   |
| 16:15-17:15 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#First_Day][Initial LOS development]] | All participants   |
| 17:15-17:30 | Group discussion: plans for next day. | All participants   |
| 17:30 | _End of day_ | |
| *Day 2* |||
| *Time* | *Activity* | *Guiding instructor* |
| 09:00-09:30 | Test driven development and automatic unit testing   | Jorge Ibsen  |
| 09:30-10:00 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Second_Day][First test and commit]] | All participants  |
| 10:00-10:15 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Second_Day][First integration]] | All participants  |
| 10:15-10:45 | Logging and Error Systems   | Tomás Staig   |
| 10:45-11:00 | _Coffee break_ | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Second_Day][Component functionality development]]  | All participants    |
| 12:30-13:30 | _Lunch break_  | |
| 13:30-13:50 | Characteristic components: BACI Properties and !DevIOs | Jorge Ibsen   |
| 13:50-15:30 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Second_Day][Component functionality development (continued)]] | All participants    |
| 15:30-15:40 | _Coffee break_ | |
| 15:40-17:00 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Second_Day][Component functionality development (continued)]] | All participants    |
| 17:00-17:20 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Second_Day][Last integration of the day]] | All participants    |
| 17:20-17:30 | Group discussion: plans for last day | All participants    |
| 17:30 | _End of day_ | |
| *Day 3* |||
| *Time* | *Activity* | *Guiding instructor* |
| 09:00-09:30 | Question and answers from previous day | All participants  |
| 09:30-11:00 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Group_Exercise_4_LOS_Integration][Component functionality development (continued): Logging and error handling additions]]  | All participants   |
| 11:00-11:10 | _Coffee break_ | |
| 11:10-12:10 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Group_Exercise_4_LOS_Integration][Component functionality development (continued)]] | All participants     |
| 12:10-12:30 | Discussion: Where do we stand, plans to finish the course project  | All participants    |
| 12:30-13:30 | _Lunch break_ | |
| 13:30-15:00 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Group_Exercise_4_LOS_Integration][Finishing the component and test development]]  | All participants     |
| 15:00-15:10 | _Coffee break_ | |
| 15:10-17:00 | Group exercise: [[ACSWorkshop2014GroupExercise#Group_Exercise_4_LOS_Integration][Final project integration and testing]] | All participants     |
| 17:00-17:30 | Round table: Final discussion and conclusions | All participants     |
| 17:30 | _End of day_ | |

-- %USERSIG{JorgeIbsen - 2014-09-07}%

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pdf	00_-_LLAMAS.pdf	r2 r1	manage	154.4 K	2014-09-08 - 00:54	JorgeIbsen	LLAMAs
pdf	01-_ACS_-_Introduction.pdf	r1	manage	6244.0 K	2014-09-08 - 00:30	JorgeIbsen	ACS - Introduction
pdf	02-_ACS_-_Component-Container.pdf	r1	manage	4969.9 K	2014-09-08 - 00:34	JorgeIbsen	02 - ACS - Component-Container
pdf	03-_ACS_-_A_walk_through_ACS_functionality.pdf	r1	manage	5100.2 K	2014-09-08 - 00:35	JorgeIbsen	03 - ACS - Walk through
pdf	04_-_Observatory_Software_Toy_Model.pdf	r1	manage	4597.1 K	2014-09-08 - 00:37	JorgeIbsen	04 - Project
pdf	05-_ACS_-_Project_Lifecycle.pdf	r1	manage	4455.8 K	2014-09-08 - 00:39	JorgeIbsen	05 - ACS - Project Lifecycle
pdf	06-_ACS_-_Software_Engineering_Basics.pdf	r1	manage	4543.2 K	2014-09-08 - 00:40	JorgeIbsen	06 - ACS - Software Engineering Basics
pdf	07-_ACS_-_Configuration_Database.pdf	r1	manage	4519.5 K	2014-09-08 - 00:42	JorgeIbsen	07 - ACS - Configuration Database

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