Developer’s Guide

Contents:

• Introduction
  • How Difficult Will It Be?
  • Where Should I Start?
• Getting Started with Development
  • Setting up a development environment
  • Starting ACQ4
  • Running Tests
  • Technology Notes
• Key Utilities and Patterns
  • Interface System
  • DataManager
  • Resource Locking
  • Manager Access
  • Task Execution
• Data Formats and I/O
  • MetaArray (Primary Data Format)
  • File Type System
• Common Development Tasks
• Modules
  • Manager Module
  • Data Manager Module
  • Camera Module
  • Patch Module
  • Task Runner Module
  • Imager Module
  • Console Module
  • What is a Module?
  • How to Build a New Module
• Debugging
  • Python debugging and IDEs
  • Memory Leaks
  • Lockups, bus errors, segmentation faults
  • Installing PyQt with debugging symbols:
  • Debugging ACQ4 with GDB