1. Getting Started

This section defines the concepts of DDS and RTPS. It also provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to write a simple Fast DDS (formerly Fast RTPS) publish/subscribe application.

• 1.1. What is DDS?
  • 1.1.1. The DCPS conceptual model
• 1.2. What is RTPS?
• 1.3. Writing a simple C++ publisher and subscriber application
  • 1.3.1. Background
  • 1.3.2. Prerequisites
  • 1.3.3. Create the application workspace
  • 1.3.4. Import linked libraries and its dependencies
  • 1.3.5. Configure the CMake project
  • 1.3.6. Build the topic data type
  • 1.3.7. Write the Fast DDS publisher
  • 1.3.8. Write the Fast DDS subscriber
  • 1.3.9. Putting all together
  • 1.3.10. Summary
  • 1.3.11. Next steps
• 1.4. Writing a simple Python publisher and subscriber application
  • 1.4.1. Background
  • 1.4.2. Prerequisites
  • 1.4.3. Create the application workspace
  • 1.4.4. Import linked libraries and its dependencies
  • 1.4.5. Build the topic data type
  • 1.4.6. Write the Fast DDS publisher
  • 1.4.7. Write the Fast DDS subscriber
  • 1.4.8. Putting all together
  • 1.4.9. Summary
  • 1.4.10. Next steps