13. Software development

This section collects some relevant information about the software development within basf2.

• 13.1. How to write basf2 code (coding conventions)
  • 13.1.1. General rules
  • 13.1.2. Directories structure
  • 13.1.3. Naming conventions
  • 13.1.4. Namespaces
  • 13.1.5. Classes
  • 13.1.6. Order of class members
  • 13.1.7. Initialisation
  • 13.1.8. Data objects
  • 13.1.9. Random numbers
  • 13.1.10. Error handling
  • 13.1.11. Files
  • 13.1.12. Code Formatting Style
  • 13.1.13. Documentation
  • 13.1.14. Further Suggestions
• 13.2. Updating the main globaltag
  • 13.2.1. Preparation of payloads
    • Create a new payload
    • Update a payload to contain new contents without changing its definition
    • Modify an existing payload definition
  • 13.2.2. Testing of all changes
  • 13.2.3. Update procedure