How Taranta provides tools to build user interfaces for TANGO devices in the SKA integration environment without writing a line of code

Matteo Canzari, Valentina Alberti, Hèlder Ribeiro, Ajaykumar Dubey, Vincent Hardion, Mikel Eguiraun, Linh Nguyen, Yimeng Li

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Abstract

Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is a project aimed to build the largest radio telescope in the world and it has just gotten into the construction phase. In this phase, the ability to develop and integrate software in an integration environment is crucial as it is the ability to visualize system-related information via a User Interface to rapidly verify the correctness of the system behavior and spot any anomaly. This is achieved by SKA teams thanks to the deployment of the Taranta suite in the integration environment. Taranta suite is a web-based toolset jointly developed by MAX IV Laboratory and the SKA that allows the fast development of graphical user interfaces connected to TANGO devices, based on a set of predefined widgets and a drag-and-drop mechanism and therefore without the need to write any additional code. In this paper, we present the Taranta general architecture and the main widgets currently available, we describe how the Taranta suite is deployed in the SKA integration environment and we explain the process used to collect feedback from the SKA community to define the roadmap for the future development of the tool.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSoftware and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII
EditorsJorge Ibsen, Gianluca Chiozzi
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510653597
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventSoftware and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII 2022 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 2022 Jul 172022 Jul 21

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12189
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceSoftware and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII 2022
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period2022/07/172022/07/21

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Free keywords

  • integration environment
  • SKA
  • Tango
  • Taranta
  • web

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