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1: \label{About_Developers_Manual.tex}
2:
3: The purpose of this document is to introduce developers people to
4: LON-CAPA, and enable them to start doing real work with the system
5: as quickly as possible. This should prove useful both to people who
6: already intend to develop with LON-CAPA, and to technical people who
7: are evaluating LON-CAPA to see if it suits their needs.
8:
9: The most daunting task facing new developers is understanding how
10: the whole system fits together; individual pieces are usually sensible
11: but like any large program it is difficult to understand the forest
12: by looking at just the trees. Therefore, this document will start
13: out with the highest-level overview of the system, which can be safely
14: skipped if you already know what LON-CAPA is.
15:
16: Next, we'll look at the major subsystems of LON-CAPA and how they
17: fit together at a high level, with enough detail to understand the
18: context a given piece of the system functions in. Appropriate pointers
19: will be given to the detailed documentation on the various subsystems,
20: so this section can be used as an expanded {}``Table of Contents''.
21:
22: Then a brief tutorial in adding a {}``handler'' to LON-CAPA will
23: be given, enabling you both to understand how to add brand-new functionality
24: to LON-CAPA, and better understand the majority of the code in the
25: system which is in the form of handlers.
26:
27: Finally, the last and largest portion of this document will be extremely
28: detailed examinations of the subsystems from a technical point of
29: view, including API descriptions suitable for use in programming.
30: Obviously you will not need to read this over entirely, unless you
31: really want to know what the system can do.
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