Who You Are

This user's guide assumes that you have a basic familiarity with the C89/C99 programming language, have a programming environment for the C89/C99 programming language, and a basic familiarity with the concepts of object oriented programming. This user's guide does not attempt to be a basic C89/C99 language tutorial, you should be familiar with the C89/C99 programming language.

You should be comfortable using the Internet. This user's manual assumes that you know how to visit web sites, download files, and uncompress downloaded files. In addition, you are assumed to have a basic knowledge of what a URL is and how to go about examining the resource to which a http, say, URL points.

This user's guide does not, however, assume that you are familiar with the ``Grid'' or ``Grid'' programming. You should find that this user's guide is a good introduction to the basics of the ``Grid.'' In particular, this user's guide does not assume that you know everything about WSDL, OGSI, and OGSA, or any other four letter words. (We will teach you about some four letter words, but we will not teach you about other four letter words.)