Education

Education is an essential part of the migration to OO and we need training programs to provide this education. A single program would not be suitable for everyone, because of the different skill levels required. Skill levels are divided into the following 3 broad areas:-

Core Programmer
These must know essentially all of C++ and be competent in OO analysis and design.
Physicist Programmer
These must know sufficient C++ and OO design to be able do develop physics applications within the OO framework provided by the core group.
Physicist Analyser
These must know sufficient C++ and ROOT to allow them to analyse MINOS data using ROOT.

Although different in degree, the training programs for the Core Programmers and the Physicist Programmers are the same:-

Attend external courses
Read books
Work together as a self-help group to education each other.

It is assumed that the Physicist Analyser will not be able to devote the same level of effort to training. For this group, the Companion is the main training resource. There are a number of training paths that can be followed in almost any orders:-

Read about the basic OO concepts in the OO Concepts sections of the The C++ Crib
Learn while running MINFAST as described in the Introduction section to this Companion.
Hands on learning of C++ and ROOT using First Steps: In C++ and ROOT
Look up terms in the Glossary
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