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Writing .NET libraries

Last updated: 02/04/2020

These page describes how to write .NET libraries for ArupCompute, snippets will be in C# but the same concepts can be translated to VB.NET.

IMPORTANT

Before starting a new library from scratch consider instead contributing to an existing one, like DesignCheck, as it provides out of the box a lot of nice features. If that's not for you, continue reading!

Want to see code already? Check out the sample library repo: https://github.com/arup-group/arupcompute-sample-library

You can also see a live version of it: https://compute.arup.digital/persistentCalcs/fa2d370b-d580-4de4-a6c5-091a93d2444d

Current Limitations​

Before getting into how to write a library here is a list of existing limitations:

  • Accessing local assets is not permitted (aka any images, files, data not embedded in the dll). So don't try to save or read from disk (avoid System.IO , System.Path etc...)

  • All the references/dependencies of the library have to be distributed with the library (eg NuGet packages...)