European XFEL / MAX IV Control Software Workshop

17 Nov 2025, 09:00 → 21 Nov 2025, 16:00 Europe/Stockholm

MAX IV

Monday 17 November

09:30 → 12:00 Deployment, CI, DevOps

• Deployment frequency, scale, and automation
• Tools and workflows comparison
• Supporting external software: policies and strategies

09:30 Welcome & Presentations

10:00 Deployment, CI, DevOps 1/2

SW Development Workflow 20251117.pptx

11:00 Deployment, CI, DevOps 2/2

14:00 → 15:30 MAX IV Tour

Tuesday 18 November

10:00 → 12:00 Integration of New Equipment & Software Support

• Integration requests frequency and standards enforcement
• Prioritization across support groups and beamlines
• Database/process for pre-procurement integration checks
• Workflow from request to deployment
• Supporting beamline/user-developed software
  → Compare with XFEL’s Karabo device contribution policy

14:00 → 16:00 GUI Strategies (Desktop vs Web)

• Interaction between desktop and web apps
• Camera streaming libraries and plans
• Qt vs Web development effort and trends
• Synoptic views (Taranta strategy)
• UX guidelines and best practices
• Framework choices (React/Vue/Angular)
• GUI state restoration strategies
• Deployment workflows for web apps

16:00 → 17:00 Tango Opentelemetry demo

Wednesday 19 November

09:00 → 10:00 Karabo presentation/demo

10:00 → 12:00 Processes, Communication & Technical Debt

• Planning and tracking test activities
• Regular meetings and knowledge sharing
• Cross-team collaboration
• Technical debt cleanup cycles
• Legacy code handling
• Migration strategies for obsolete components
• Temporary/user-specific code management

14:00 → 16:00 Data Acquisition & Scanning

• Detector integration details and metadata priorities
• Timestamp synchronization strategies
• SARDANA development and roadmap
• Handling external DAQ systems during beam time
• Live data analysis during scanning

Thursday 20 November

10:00 → 12:00 Test Strategy & Automation

• Types of tests (performance, stress, GUI, etc.)
• Test suite organization and ownership
• Regression test maintenance
• Automation tools and frameworks
• Integration into CI/CD pipelines
• Handling large data volumes
• GUI testing (Qt/Web)
• Metrics for coverage and reliability
• Test cycles, execution, and reporting

14:00 → 16:00 Open Session