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# How-To

How-To guides offer step-by-step instructions for specific development tasks in F Prime.


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-   <span class="card-title">__F´ GDS Plugin Development__</span>

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    This guide will walk you through the process of developing GDS plugins.

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-   <span class="card-title">__F´ Library Development__</span>

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    This how to will walk you through the structure and best practices in developing an F´ library.

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-   <span class="card-title">__Integrating Third-Party Libraries__</span>

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    This how to will walk you through how to integrate non-F´ libraries into your F´ project. It
    will cover multiple approaches based on examples with [OpenCV](https://github.com/opencv/opencv), [OpenSSL](https://github.com/openssl/openssl) and [ETL](https://github.com/etlcpp/etl).

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-   <span class="card-title">__Porting F´ To a New Platform__</span>

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    This how to will walk you through porting F´ to a new platform.

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