Getting Started

Intended audience: beginners, all, Programming language: all

In this section we will guide you step-by-step to help you getting started with Tango-Controls.

We assume that Tango-Controls has been already installed in your environment. Otherwise, if you have to install Tango-Controls on your own, please, read the installation guide first: Installation

Note

You may identify yourself with one of the following roles and use proviodeds links:

End user	Index	End-user applications guide
Developer	Index	How to develop for Tango Controls
Administrator	Index	Administration applications guide

Table of contents of this section:

• First steps with Tango Controls
• End-user applications guide
  • Jive
  • ATKPanel
  • LogViewer
• How to develop for Tango Controls
  • Getting started with JTango (Java implementation of Tango-Controls)
    • Developing your first Java TANGO client
    • Developing your first Java TANGO device class
      • Using jtango-maven-archetype
      • Using POGO
      • Starting from scratch
  • Getting started with cppTango (C++ implementation of Tango-Controls)
    • Writing your first C++ TANGO client
    • TANGO C++ Quick start
      • Fundamental TANGO concepts
      • Step 1: installation
      • Step 2: create a device class
      • Step 3: compile the device class
      • Step 4: register the device
      • Step 5: start the device
      • Step 6: explore the device
    • Your first C++ TANGO device class
      • The commands and attributes code
        • The DevSimple command
        • The DevArray command
        • The DevString command
        • The DevStrArray command
        • The DevStruct command
        • The three attributes
  • Getting started with PyTango (Python implementation of Tango-Controls)
    • Developing Python TANGO device class
• Administration applications guide
  • Astor
  • Jive
  • LogViewer
  • Tango Database
  • Installation