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\mainpage  SALOME KERNEL Reference Documentation
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Welcome to the %SALOME KERNEL documentation !
Following your kind of usage of %SALOME, you will find some specific
introductory documentation, listed below.

\section S2_main End user

-# <b>How to configure a %SALOME application</b>\n
    The end user may have to configure his own %SALOME application by selecting a
    subset of available %SALOME modules. He may also want to install his
    application on several computers.
    See \subpage SALOME_Application to define your own configuration of %SALOME and run it
    on one or several computers. This is the recommended way of configuration.
-# <b>How to launch %SALOME</b>\n
    Use the python \subpage salome_command.
-# <b>How to use KERNEL services in Python scripts</b>\n
    The %SALOME KERNEL offers a list of services available in Python. See \subpage KERNEL_Services.
-# <b>How to use KERNEL services from a C++ context</b>\n
    The %SALOME KERNEL provides you with helper functions to
    manipulate the %SALOME KERNEL services from a C++ programming
    context. See \subpage KERNEL_Services_CppHelpers.

\section S3_main Application Integrator

Applications integrators are in charge of configuration and installation of
specific %SALOME applications over a local network. Application Integrators
built %SALOME modules binaries from sources tarballs.

-# <b>How to install %SALOME</b>\n
    See \subpage INSTALL for general information on required configuration and
    prerequisites, compilation procedure, setting environment principles.
-# <b>How to configure a %SALOME application</b>\n
    See \ref SALOME_Application to define your own configuration of %SALOME and run it
    on one or several computers. This is the recommended way of configuration.

\section S4_main Module maintainer

Module maintainers are in charge of the development and debug of the %SALOME
modules. Each %SALOME module is stored in a CVS base. CVS bases are organised
in separate branches for developments and debug. All official or development
releases are identified by a CVS tag.

-# <b>Source code structuration and Unit Tests</b>\n
    See \subpage UnitTests for general information on code directories structure,
    unit tests associated to the different kind of classes, and how to run
    the unit tests.
-# <b>Some development utilities</b> \n
    See \subpage kernel_resources for information on basic utilities for C++ and Python
    development, like trace and debug, exceptions, singleton.

\section S5_main SALOME programming model

You will find in the next pages information about
specific points of %SALOME Kernel :

- \subpage kernel_salome
- \subpage dsc_page : DSC documentation page.
- \subpage salome_file_page : Salome_file documentation page.
- \subpage python_documentation : The package salome.kernel provides
  logging tools, high-level functions to handle items in Salome study, and other utilities.

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