12th ACS Workshop - 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st of July 2020
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When
From July 27th to 31st, 2020
Where
The workshop will be held virtually, co-hosted by ALMA and CTA obseratories. The connection details will be updated as soon as they get confirmed.
Logistics info
Who
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- PARTICIPANT
- SPEAKER
- INSTRUCTOR
Name | Role | Institute | Project | Basic Track | Advanced Track | C++ | Java | Python |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR | JAO (AUI) | ALMA |  | | | |||
SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR | CTA | |||||||
SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR | JAO (AUI) | ALMA | ||||||
SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR | JAO (AUI) | ALMA | ||||||
Agenda
It is assumed that all participants are sufficiently knowledgeable about object oriented programming in C++, Java and/or python and familiar with CORBA. Links to relevant information can be found in the reference documentation (see below). The course is based on previous experiences that have been organized since 2004 and consists of a technical hands-on course using the ALMA Common Software (ACS) framework, alternated with short technical talks and discussions.
The advanced column is intentionally left open to decide items to discuss all together as the workshop evolves.
- Course project: Observatory Software Toy Model
- Reference documentation (Update on Confluence!)
- Group Exercises (TBD!)
Day 1 (Monday, July 27th) – Starting at 12:00 UT
| Time | Activity | Guiding instructor |
|---|---|---|
| 0:30 | Welcome & Round Table | |
| 1:00 | ALMA Software Big Picture | |
| 0:40 | General overview of ACS | |
| 0:20 | Model and lifecycle management | |
| 0:15 | Coffee break | |
| 0:30 | A Trip through ACS Functionality | |
| 0:15 | Course welcome: Project definition and group assignments. | |
| 0:30 | Group exercises: Basic ACS environment and functionalities. | |
| 0:30 | Project life-cycle and software engineering basics | |
| 0:45 | Group exercise: Setting up a development environment | |
| 5:15 | End of day |
Day 2 (Tuesday, July 28th) – Starting at 12:00 UT
| Time | Activity | Guiding instructor |
|---|---|---|
| 0:30 | CTA Presentation | |
| 0:45 | ACS Main Problems (Groups of 6) | |
| 0:20 | Project life-cycle and software engineering basics | |
| 0:40 | Software deployment: The configuration database and GIT | |
| 0:30 | Group exercises/Demonstration: Inspecting example components and CDB / Set up test CDB with a simulated component | |
| 0:15 | Coffee break | |
| 1:30 | Group exercise: Component functionality development | |
| 0:15 | Group exercise: First integration | |
| 0:30 | Logging and Error Systems Overview | |
| 5:15 | End of day |
Day 3 (Wednesday, July 29th) – Starting at 12:00 UT
| Time | Activity | Guiding instructor |
|---|---|---|
| 0:30 | Community Presentation | |
| 0:45 | ACS Wish List – New Features / Improvements (Groups of 6) | |
| 1:30 | Group exercise: Component functionality development | |
| 0:15 | Coffee break | |
| 0:30 | Characteristic components: BACI Properties and DevIOs | |
| 1:15 | Group exercise: Component functionality development | |
| 0:30 | Group exercise: Last integration of the day / Group discussion: plans for last day | |
| 5:15 | End of day |
Day 4 (Thursday, July 30th) – Starting at 12:00 UT
| Time | Activity | Guiding instructor |
|---|---|---|
| 0:30 | Community Presentation | |
| 0:45 | ACS Strategic Vision (Groups of 6) | |
| 0:30 | Developing and debugging ALMA Software | |
| 1:00 | Group exercises: Component functionality development | |
| 0:15 | Coffee break | |
| 0:30 | Logging and Error Systems Hands-on | |
| 0:45 | Group exercises: Component functionality development / Adding logging and error handling | |
| 1:00 | Group exercises: Finishing the component development / comply tests cases / start integration | |
| 5:15 | End of day |
Day 5 (Friday, July 31st) – Starting at 12:00 UT
| Time | Activity | Guiding instructor |
|---|---|---|
| 0:45 | ACS Groups Presentations | |
| 1:45 | Group exercises: Project integration and testing | |
| 0:30 | Round table: Final discussion and conclusions | |
| 1:00 | (Optional) ACS Open Discussion on Community Strategic View | |
| 3:15 | End of day |
Advanced Track Topics
Suggestions:
- Organization:
- ACS Daemons
- Dynamic Components
- Asynchronous Calls
- Notification Channels
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