How to create tasks

Assume DUNE_PATH = $home/dune

First, we start by creating the simple HelloWorld task. The general structure of creating a task is

DUNE_PATH python programs/scripts/dune-create-task.py DUNE_PATH AuthorName NameOfTheTask

where, executing the python script 'dune-create-task.py' located in the DUNE_PATH/programs/scripts will create a task with task name "NameOfTheTask" in the Dune home directory (DUNE_PATH). The AuthorName is to identify the author who is creating the task. The task will be created in the source directory DUNE_PATH/src/

For example, executing the following command
DUNE_PATH python programs/scripts/dune-create-task.py . DuneAuthor HelloWorld

will generate the output

Created DUNE task in './src/HelloWorld'

Then, open the file DUNE_PATH /src/HelloWorld/Task.cpp in a text editor and you can see the task template.

Usually we create a task in a specific context, as Maneuver, Control, or Simulators. Let us create a task to track a beacon as a maneuver, i.e., as a task in the Maneuver context:

DUNE_PATH python programs/scripts/dune-create-task.py DUNE_PATH "Dune Author" Maneuver/BeaconTrack

[Example1 main page] (https://github.com/LSTS/dune/wiki/Example1)
[Next section: ProducerTask] (https://github.com/LSTS/dune/wiki/ProducerTask)