Setup

Before we can start using the PiWeb Import SDK to develop import plug-ins, we need a working environment for compiling and running these plug-ins. This section explains how to setup such an environment.

In principle, there are only two requirements we need to cover:

• The first requirement is the development environment which is necessary to compile your plug-ins. In Development environment we will show you how to setup this environment.
• The second requirement is a hosting application to run your plug-ins. This hosting application is usually PiWeb Auto Importer. However, PiWeb Auto Importer in turn requires a working backend to import data to. PiWeb backend shows the two options to get a working backend. In PiWeb Auto Importer we will show you how to setup PiWeb Auto Importer to use this backend.

Since the documentation is focused on developing import plug-ins, we will only roughly cover the setup of the PiWeb backend and the Auto Importer.