# DALi Introduction

## Introduction
 + [What is DALi?](@ref dali-introduction)
 + [Features](@ref dali-features)
 + [High Level Design](@ref dali-hld)
  + [Components](@ref dali-components)
  + [Main, Update & Render Threads](@ref dali-threads)
 + [DALi Fundamentals](@ref fundamentals)
  + [Actors & Stage](@ref actors-and-stage)
  + [Layers and draw order](@ref layer)
  + [Coordinate System](@ref coordinate-system)
  + [Scene Graph](@ref scene-graph)
  + [Handle / Body Idiom](@ref handle-body-idiom)
  + [Signals](@ref signals)
  + [Properties](@ref properties)
  + [Actions](@ref actions)
 + [Tutorial: Hello World](@ref hello-world)

## Getting Started
 + [How to build DALi on Ubuntu Desktop](@ref build-ubuntu)

## Programming Guide
 + [Programming Languages:](@ref programming-languages)
  + [C++](@ref c-plus-plus)
  + [JSON](@ref json-support)
 + [Application](@ref dali-application)
 + [Actors](@ref actors-and-stage)
  + [Positioning](@ref positioning-actors)
  + [Event Handling](@ref event-system)
  + [Layouting](@ref size-negotiation)
 + [Animation](@ref animation)
  + [Basic Framework](@ref animation-basics)
  + [Key Frame Animations](@ref animation-key-frame)
  + [Path Animations](@ref animation-paths)
  + [Constraints](@ref constraints)
   + [Equal To Constraint](@ref constraints-equal-to)
   + [Relative To Constraint](@ref constraints-relative-to)
  + [Multi-threading Notes](@ref animation-multi-threading-notes)
 + [Styling](@ref styling)

## Resources
 + [Resource Image](@ref resource-image)
 + [9 Patch Image](@ref resource-9-patch)
 + [Buffer Image](@ref resource-buffer)

## Control Base Class & Visuals
 + [Background Feature](@ref background)
 + Keyboard Focus
 + [Accessibility](@ref accessibility)
 + [Visuals](@ref visuals)

## UI Components
 + Buttons
 + [FlexContainer](@ref flex-container)
 + [ItemView](@ref item-view)
 + [Popup](@ref popup)
 + [Scroll View](@ref scroll-view)
 + TableView
 + [Text Editor](@ref text-editor)
 + [Text Field](@ref text-field)
 + [Text Label](@ref text-label)

## RenderTasks

## Shader Effects
 + [Overview](@ref shader-intro)

## Scripting
 + [JSON Overview](@ref scriptoverview)
 + [JSON Syntax](@ref script-json-specification)
 + [Scripting Hello World](@ref script-hello)

## Tools
 + Environment Variables
 + [Resource Tracking](@ref resourcetracking)
 + Logging
 + [Visual Debug Rendering](@ref debugrendering)
 + [Stagehand - DALi Visual Debugger](@ref stagehand)

## Extending DALi
 + [How to write Custom UI Components](@ref creating-custom-controls)
  + [Size Negotiation for Controls](@ref size-negotiation-controls)
  + [Type Registration](@ref type-registration)
 + [Automated Tests](@ref auto_testing)
 + [Programming Guide](@ref documentationguide)

## Application Optimization Guide
 + [Rescaling Images](@ref resourceimagescaling)
 + Performance & Debugging
 + [Performance Tips](@ref performancetips)
 + [Performance Profiling](@ref performanceprofiling)