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Thorsten Zoerner edited this page Jan 17, 2024 · 1 revision

Contribute to the STROMDAO Energy Application Framework

The STROMDAO Energy Application Framework (EAF) is an open-source software platform that enables developers to build and deploy distributed energy applications. The EAF is built on top of the Moleculer microservices framework, which provides a flexible and scalable architecture for developing distributed systems.

There are many ways that developers can contribute to the STROMDAO EAF. One of the easiest ways is to implement a new microservice. Microservices are small, independent services that can be developed and deployed independently. This makes it easy to add new features and functionality to the EAF without having to rewrite the entire platform.

In addition to implementing new microservices, there are many other ways that developers can contribute to the STROMDAO EAF. For example, developers can:

  • Contribute to the documentation.
  • Help to test and debug the platform.
  • Report bugs and suggest improvements.
  • Contribute to the development of new features.

If you are interested in contributing to the STROMDAO EAF, please join our community on GitHub.

Extend the STROMDAO Energy Application Framework

In addition to contributing to the core EAF platform, developers can also extend the platform by developing their own microservices and applications. The EAF provides a number of features that make it easy to develop and deploy microservices, including:

  • A built-in service registry and discovery mechanism.
  • A load balancer that automatically distributes requests across multiple instances of a microservice.
  • A fault tolerance mechanism that ensures that microservices can continue to operate even if one or more instances fail.
  • A caching mechanism that can improve the performance of microservices by storing frequently accessed data in memory.
  • A validation mechanism that can help to ensure that microservices receive valid input data.
  • A metrics collection and reporting system that can help developers to monitor the performance of their microservices.
  • A tracing system that can help developers to debug their microservices.

The EAF also provides a number of tools and libraries that can help developers to develop and deploy their own microservices. These tools and libraries include:

  • A command-line interface (CLI) that can be used to manage microservices and applications.
  • A graphical user interface (GUI) that can be used to visualize and monitor microservices and applications.
  • A set of libraries that can be used to develop microservices in a variety of programming languages.

Developers can use the EAF to develop a wide variety of microservices and applications, including:

  • Smart contracts for managing energy transactions.
  • Energy data collection and analysis applications.
  • Energy trading applications.
  • Energy efficiency applications.
  • Renewable energy applications.

The EAF is a powerful platform that can be used to develop and deploy a wide variety of distributed energy applications. Developers are encouraged to use the EAF to build their own microservices and applications and to contribute to the core EAF platform.

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