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Developers' Guide
- Ian Christopher
Previous Version
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This documentation describes concepts and techniques necessary for a technical professional to understand and successfully implement Ed-Fi Dashboards.
Audience
This documentation is for technical professionals who work with educational data, including software developers, database administrators, and education data analysts. The overview information may be of interest to technology leaders.
Prerequisites
Ed-Fi Dashboard technology leverages an extensive framework. Many components of Ed-Fi technology are platform-independent, including the Ed-Fi Data Standard and the Ed-Fi API. However, the concrete implementation of the Ed-Fi Dashboards is built upon a Microsoft technology stack. While this documentation attempts to provide detail sufficient for a wide variety of experience levels, familiarity with and access to the following technologies is necessary for installing and configuring the Ed-Fi Dashboard software components:
- Microsoft Windows configuration activities
- Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or 2012
- SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
- Visual Studio 2010 (Professional Edition or better)
- ASP.NET MVC 3 / C#
- NuGet (Package Manager)
- Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)