boinc/doc/create_project.php

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Designing distributed computations with BOINC
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BOINC's abstractions of data and computation.
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<ul>
<li><a href=project.php>Projects and applications</a>
<li><a href=parallelize.php>What applications are suitable for BOINC?</a>
<li><a href=files.php>Files and file references</a>
<li><a href=platform.php>Platforms</a>
<li><a href=app.php>Applications and application versions</a>
<li><a href=work.php>Workunits</a>
<li><a href=result.php>Results</a>
<li><a href=redundancy.php>Redundancy and errors</a>
<li><a href=trickle.php>Trickle messages</a>
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<li><a href=batch.php>Batches</a>
<li><a href=sequence.php>Handling long, large-footprint computations</a>
<li><a href=file_access.php>Remote file access</a>
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<li><a href=security.php>Security</a>
<li><a href=boinc_version.php>Versions of BOINC</a>

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Developing a BOINC application
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How to develop or port an application program for use with BOINC.
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<ul>
<li><a href=api.php>The BOINC API</a>
<li><a href=graphics.php>The BOINC graphics API</a>
<li><a href=app_dev.php>Application development</a>
<li><a href=fortran.php>FORTRAN applications</a>
</ul>

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Compiling BOINC software
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How to configure and compile the BOINC software.
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<li> <a href=software.php>Software prerequisites</a>
<li> <a href=road_map.php>Road map of the BOINC software</a>
<li> <a href=build_system.php>Build system</a>
<li> <a href=build_server.php>Building server components</a>
<li> <a href=build_client.php>Building the core client</a>
<li> <a href=test.php>Test applications and scripts</a>
</ul>

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Creating a BOINC project
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The components of a BOINC project, and how to create them.
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<li> <a href=project_cookbook.php>Cookbook</a>
<li> <a href=server_components.php>What is a project?</a>
<li> <a href=database.php>The BOINC database</a>
<li> <a href=server_dirs.php>Directory structure</a>
<li> <a href=configuration.php>The project configuration file</a>
<li> <a href=make_project.php>The make_project script</a>
<li> <a href=tool_start.php>Project control scripts</a>
<li> <a href=tool_xadd.php>Adding applications/platforms</a>
<li> <a href=tool_update_versions.php>Adding versions</a>
<li> <a href=tool_upgrade.php>Upgrading a project's server software</a>

</ul>

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Getting work done
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How to generate tasks and handle the results.
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<li> <a href=backend_programs.php>Back end functions</a>
<li> <a href=tools_work.php>Generating work</a>
<li> <a href=validate.php>Result validation</a>
<li> <a href=assimilate.php>Result assimilation</a>
</ul>

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Monitoring a BOINC project
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Tools for monitoring a BOINC project
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<li> <a href=html_ops.php>Administrative web interface</a>
<li> <a href=watchdog.php>Watchdogs</a>
<li> <a href=stripchart.php>Stripcharts: a tool for viewing time-varying data </a>
<li> <a href=stripchart_data.php>Recording data for Stripcharts</a>
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