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| This page lists some external resources one could use to learn more about TLA+ and related topics. | This page lists some external resources one could use to learn more about TLA+ and related topics. |
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| First things first: 1. Setup your IDE. Visual Studio code with [[../using/vscode.md|tlaplus plugin]] is recommended. 2. If you have questions or if you feel stuck at any point, reach out to the [[../community.md|community]]. | First things first: |
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| | - Setup your IDE. Visual Studio code with tlaplus plugin [[using:vscode|tlaplus plugin]] is recommended. |
| | - If you have questions or if you feel stuck at any point, reach out to the [[:community|community]]. |
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| Then as good kickstart to TLA+, start with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tw3gsBms-f8|Leslie Lamport — The Paxos algorithm or how to win a Turing Award. Part 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Bc5Lqgx_c|Part 2]]. It is a good introduction on TLA+ and uses Paxos and Consensus as an example. | Then as good kickstart to TLA+, start with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tw3gsBms-f8|Leslie Lamport — The Paxos algorithm or how to win a Turing Award. Part 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Bc5Lqgx_c|Part 2]]. It is a good introduction on TLA+ and uses Paxos and Consensus as an example. |
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| After that, you can start digging into Lamport’s video course available on the [[https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/video/videos.html|website]]. If you prefer a written medium, [[https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/book.html|Specyfing systems]]: by Leslie Lamport is still the reference book for TLA+ and its tools. It’s well written and easy to follow. | After that, you can start digging into Lamport’s video course available on the [[https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/video/videos.html|website]]. If you prefer a written medium, [[https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/tla/book.html|Specifying systems]]: by Leslie Lamport is still the reference book for TLA+ and its tools. It’s well written and easy to follow. |
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| After learning some TLA+, it might be helpful to start learning some Pluscal. Checkout the [[./pluscal.md|pluscal]] page for more info and some resources. | After learning some TLA+, it might be helpful to start learning some Pluscal. Checkout the [[learning:pluscal|pluscal]] page for more info and some resources. |
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| Don’t just learn the theory, start by solving some small exercises. | Don’t just learn the theory, start by solving some small [[learning:exercises|exercises]]. |
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| * [[https://members.loria.fr/SMerz/papers/tla+logic2008.pdf|The Specification Language TLA+]]: Another good manuscript by Stephan Merz explaining TLA+ specification language: Sect. 2 introduces TLA+ by way of a first specification of the resource allocator and illustrates the use of the tlc model checker. The logic TLA is formally defined in Sect. 3, followed by an overview of TLA+ proof rules for system verification in Sect. 4. Section 5 describes the version of set theory that underlies TLA+, including some of the constructions most frequently used for specifying data. The resource allocator example is taken up again in Sect. 6, where an improved high-level specification is given and a step towards a distributed refinement is made. The fnal Sect. 7 contains some concluding remarks. | [[https://members.loria.fr/SMerz/papers/tla+logic2008.pdf|The Specification Language TLA+]]: Another good manuscript by Stephan Merz explaining TLA+ specification language: Sect. 2 introduces TLA+ by way of a first specification of the resource allocator and illustrates the use of the tlc model checker. The logic TLA is formally defined in Sect. 3, followed by an overview of TLA+ proof rules for system verification in Sect. 4. Section 5 describes the version of set theory that underlies TLA+, including some of the constructions most frequently used for specifying data. The resource allocator example is taken up again in Sect. 6, where an improved high-level specification is given and a step towards a distributed refinement is made. The final Sect. 7 contains some concluding remarks. |
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| | ===== Learn by Doing ==== |
| | Markus Kuppe does TLA+ trainings using the two following repositories: |
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| | * https://github.com/lemmy/BlockingQueue |
| | * https://github.com/tlaplus-workshops/ewd998/ Distributed termination detection on a ring. |
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| | The way to use them is to basically check the git history from the beginning and follow along. |
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| ===== Resources ===== | ===== Resources ===== |
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