Roadmap of the ROOT Web Site

If this is your first visit to the ROOT site and you don't know what ROOT is, read the following chapters first:

• Mission Statement
  The rationale behind the system
• Schematic View of the System
  Graphical overview of the different building blocks
• Architectural Overview
  Overview of the basic system components

If you are intrigued and want to know more, continue with:

• The CINT C/C++ Interpreter and Dictionary Generator
  Description of the builtin C/C++ interpreter
• The Runtime Type Information System
  Description of the extended RTTI system
• The Object I/O System
  Detailed description of the used object persistency scheme
• Automatic Documentation Generation
  Description of the automatic documentation generation system

If you want to play with the system yourself, download your own copy:

• Status & Availability
  List of the currently supported platforms and pointer to the download area

For a gentle hands-on introduction, follow the tutorials:

• Tutorials
  Small stand-alone macro's and applications showing many different aspects of the system. The tutorials are part of the distribution kit.
• Training course
  First three parts of a ROOT training course. More to follow.
• Fermilab ROOT training material
  A training course and a getting started guide.

You like the system and want to use it for your own application:

• Become a ROOT User
  Registering will add you to the ROOT mailing list roottalk. Via this mailing list you will be kept up to date about important ROOT events (new releases, urgent bug fixes, etc.). This list is also used to discuss anything concerning ROOT with your fellow ROOT users and with the developers.
• C++ Coding Conventions
  We explain our coding conventions and propose you follow them too

Before reinventing the wheel have a look a the different HOWTO's:

• ROOT HOWTO's
  Explanation of some frequently performed operations

For detailed help on all ROOT classes and members functions, see the reference manual:

• The ROOT Class Categories
  Groups the classes per functional category
• Classes and Members Reference Guide
  The ultimate reference guide
• Complete cross-reference of source as checked into our CVS repository
  Allows you find out where soemthing is defined, used, referenced, declared, etc.

If your question persists, have a look at the digest of the roottalk mailing list:

• RootTalk Digest
  Digest of the roottalk mailing list

See how others are using ROOT:

• Applications Using ROOT
  Other application based on ROOT.

Some miscellaneous items, like:

• Benchmarking Results
  How fast is ROOT on the different supported platforms
• Plans for Future Development
  What are we planning to add to ROOT for the next releases
• Publication List
  List of talks and publications concerning ROOT and OOP
• Picture Gallery
  List of pictures generated by ROOT
• The ROOT Team
  Who are we, the developers

And in the unfortunate situation you find a bug in ROOT let us know as soon as possible:

• Submit a Bug Report

We hope ROOT will help you solve your problems and that you have fun using it.