zephyr/README.rst
David B. Kinder 331214704c doc: New developer getting started guide
As presented to the TSC, Zephyr's out-of-box experience for new
developers is, well, complicated.  A number of suggestions were
presented including simplifying the getting started material to present
a straight-forward path through the setup and installation steps through
to getting a sample application built, flashed, and running.

This PR is a work-in-progress towards addressing this OOB experience
with a minimal-distractions version of the GSG. Alternatives, warnings,
and material that could lead the developer astray were moved to
alternative/advanced instruction documents (based on the previous
separate Linux/macOS/Windows setup guides) and a new "Beyond the GSG"
document.

We do take advantage of a sphinx-tabs extension for synchronized tabs to
present OS-specific instructions: clicking on one tab will display all
same-named tabs throughout the doc.

We hope (and will continue evaluating) that this new GSG gets developers
set up quickly and then we can send them along to other documents to
continue learning about Zephyr and trying other sample apps.

Thanks for all your previous feedback that I've worked
into this new version.

Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
2019-11-13 14:05:47 -06:00

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The Zephyr Project is a scalable real-time operating system (RTOS) supporting
multiple hardware architectures, optimized for resource constrained devices,
and built with security in mind.
The Zephyr OS is based on a small-footprint kernel designed for use on
resource-constrained systems: from simple embedded environmental sensors and
LED wearables to sophisticated smart watches and IoT wireless gateways.
The Zephyr kernel supports multiple architectures, including ARM Cortex-M,
Intel x86, ARC, Nios II, Tensilica Xtensa, and RISC-V, and a large number of
`supported boards`_.
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Getting Started
***************
Welcome to Zephyr! See the `Introduction to Zephyr`_ for a high-level overview,
and the documentation's `Getting Started Guide`_ to start developing.
Community Support
*****************
Community support is provided via mailing lists and Slack; see the Resources
below for details.
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Resources
*********
Here's a quick summary of resources to help you find your way around:
* **Help**: `Asking for Help Tips`_
* **Documentation**: http://docs.zephyrproject.org (`Getting Started Guide`_)
* **Source Code**: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr is the main
repository; https://elixir.bootlin.com/zephyr/latest/source contains a
searchable index
* **Releases**: https://zephyrproject.org/developers/#downloads
* **Samples and example code**: see `Sample and Demo Code Examples`_
* **Mailing Lists**: users@lists.zephyrproject.org and
devel@lists.zephyrproject.org are the main user and developer mailing lists,
respectively. You can join the developer's list and search its archives at
`Zephyr Development mailing list`_. The other `Zephyr mailing list
subgroups`_ have their own archives and sign-up pages.
* **Nightly CI Build Status**: https://lists.zephyrproject.org/g/builds
The builds@lists.zephyrproject.org mailing list archives the CI
(shippable) nightly build results.
* **Chat**: Zephyr's Slack workspace is https://zephyrproject.slack.com. Use
this `Slack Invite`_ to register.
* **Contributing**: see the `Contribution Guide`_
* **Wiki**: `Zephyr GitHub wiki`_
* **Issues**: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/issues
* **Security Issues**: Email vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org to report
security issues; also see our `Security`_ documentation. Security issues are
tracked separately at https://zephyrprojectsec.atlassian.net.
* **Zephyr Project Website**: https://zephyrproject.org
.. _Slack Invite: https://tinyurl.com/y5glwylp
.. _supported boards: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/index.html
.. _Zephyr Documentation: http://docs.zephyrproject.org
.. _Introduction to Zephyr: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/introduction/index.html
.. _Getting Started Guide: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/getting_started/index.html
.. _Contribution Guide: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/contribute/index.html
.. _Zephyr GitHub wiki: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/wiki
.. _Zephyr Development mailing list: https://lists.zephyrproject.org/g/devel
.. _Zephyr mailing list subgroups: https://lists.zephyrproject.org/g/main/subgroups
.. _Sample and Demo Code Examples: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/samples/index.html
.. _Security: http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/index.html
.. _Asking for Help Tips: https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/guides/getting-help.html