[Sweepstakes] Suggest topics for our next free hands-on tutorials!
Hi Community!
We’re building a series of short, hands-on Instruqt tutorials to help newcomers get up to speed with InterSystems technologies faster and more effectively. To kick things off, we’ve just released a new tutorial, “Data Models of InterSystems IRIS,” covering the fundamentals of the IRIS multimodel approach. This is exactly the type of focused, concise, practical learning experience we want to expand. And this is where you come in!
We’d love to hear your ideas for other tutorial topics to help developers new to InterSystems IRIS take their first steps with confidence. Please welcome the new sweepstakes:
💡 Topics for hands-on Instruqt Tutorials 💡

📝 To take part in this sweepstakes, follow these simple steps:
- Be a member of the Ideas Portal (just log in using your SSO)
- Create a new idea
- Select the category Tutorials
- Describe your suggestion in as much detail as possible, including:
- Tutorial topic
- Learning objectives (what the learner should be able to do at the end, e.g., “Create X”, “Query Y”, “Configure Z”)
- Target audience (e.g., completely new to IRIS, SQL developers new to IRIS, etc.)
- Value of this tutorial for the target audience
- Any related materials or references
- Share the link and the title of your idea in the comments below so others can see it too
That’s all! At the beginning of April, we’ll use a randomizer to choose one lucky participant who will receive a special prize 🎁
Even more importantly, the strongest ideas may become official Instruqt tutorials used by developers worldwide.
Let’s close the gaps together and make learning InterSystems technologies more accessible for everyone.
We’re looking forward to your creative and practical ideas! Good luck ☘️
Notes:
- Duplicate ideas will not be accepted. Make sure your submission is unique.
- InterSystems employees are welcome to participate.
- We reserve the right to moderate the ideas - the moderators' decision is final.
- Here's a short guide on how to submit an idea.
- Pst, the more ideas you submit, the higher your chance of getting a prize 🤗
Comments
Docker Quickstart
Hi @Udo Leimberger! This is a great suggestion. Could you please create an idea on the Ideas Portal and provide more details? This will also enable you to participate in the sweepstakes 🙂
An IRIS docker/kubernetes quick start with some tunning
Hi @Guilherme Silva! Sounds like it could be a useful tutorial. Could you please create an idea on the Ideas Portal and provide more details? This will also enable you to participate in the sweepstakes 🙂
Real-Time Clinical Pathway Monitoring via FHIR Event Subscriptions (https://ideas.intersystems.com/ideas/DPI-I-932)
Building a Secure SMART on FHIR Foundation (https://ideas.intersystems.com/ideas/DPI-I-931)
- FHIR electronic prior authorization workflow
- API Manager
- Using embedded Python to develop
Thanks for your great ideas for the topics. To participate in the sweepstakes, please create an idea on the Ideas Portal and provide more details.
build a utility class in ObjectScript. i.e. class has no properties just a series of methods to do generic-ish things
Hi @Mindy Caldwell, could you please provide more details and create an idea on the Ideas Portal?
I'm really looking for a tutorial type article. I'm in the process of a long conversion of our application from a multivalue based approach to an objectscript approach. Currently the application has a directory/file of MVbasic subroutines that are called by the application's Rest API and I want to move all that functionality into ObjectScript and make it editable in VSCode in one (or multiple) classes.
Source Control for server-side and client-side editing from VS Code with Git + Deployment options. Link to the Idea: Hands-On Tutorial for Using Source Control with Git and VS Code
Edit: Sorry for posting as a reply to this comment. I used the Reply text box at the top, and this were it posted it :)
Thank you for your idea: https://ideas.intersystems.com/ideas/DPI-I-939
Would love to see a Hands-on Tutorial on how to iterate through a JSON Object into a Dynamic Object. I find myself having to learn it over and over each time I try.
There's still one week left for you to share what Instruqt tutorial is an absolute must. But for now, we have these 14 great ideas:
|
Idea name |
Idea created by |
| How to build a utility class in ObjectScript Tutorial | @Mindy Caldwell |
| Hands On JSON Parsing Tutorial | @Scott Roth |
| Hands-On Tutorial for Using Source Control with Git and VS Code | @Juan Mota Sanchez |
| Using embedded Python to develop | @Craig Bishop |
| API Manager | @Craig Bishop |
| FHIR electronic prior authorization workflow | @Craig Bishop |
| "Hello world" in ObjectScript | @Iryna Mykhailova |
| An IRIS docker/kubernetes quick start with some tunning | @Guilherme Silva |
| Docker Quickstart | @Udo Leimberger |
| Unit tests tutorial - VS Code Tutorial | @Andre Larsen Barbosa |
| Real-Time Clinical Pathway Monitoring via FHIR Event Subscriptions Tutorial | @Kate Lau |
| Building a Secure SMART on FHIR Foundation Tutorial | @Kate Lau |
| VS Code QuickStart for IRIS Tutorial | @Vishal Pallerla |
| FHIR Server QuickStart Tutorial | @Tani Frankel |
Suggest which tutorial we should add to our roster, and get a chance to win a prize.
Don't miss this opportunity!
I want nothing more than a SIMPLE to follow guide on how to setup this EASILY. I am a total newbie regarding InterSystems and am OVERWHELMED by the very hard to follow instructions (https://docs.intersystems.com/). I have struygled for two days and still havent managed to even start coding due to issues that appear. This is not what I expected whenh my manager told me to learn something '...great...' called InterSystems (I am a BizTalk developer but need to soon change career). It has been anything BUT great, my initial run in with InterSystems. Considering how much money you have, is it too much to ask for an installer with a Wizard that sets everything up?
Hello @Xander Modig. What OS are you trying to install IRIS on? If on Windows, please check out this guide: https://community.intersystems.com/post/how-download-and-install-intersystems-iris - it provides step-by-step instructions for installing IRIS.
Hi Xander, sorry that its been so difficult for you! I understand that the documentation can be overwhelming. IRIS is a massive platform with different use cases and technical set-ups, it can be difficult to find the right one to get started quickly.
We have quickstart guides available on developer.intersystems.com which you might find useful, including:
- Getting started (an introduction to IRIS data platform)
- Running Intersystems IRIS Community (free) edition in a docker container or with an install kit for your platform
- Full Quickstart Resource Library
There are also lot courses available from Learning Services which just require a free account.
I understand there is an overwhelming amount of resources and it can be difficult to find what you need, so feel free to send me a DM here and I can try to point you towards other resources you may find useful.