NEST Desktop target
-------------------

*NESTML features supported:* :doc:`neurons </nestml_language/neurons_in_nestml>`

The aim of the NEST Desktop as target is to generate ``json`` files for the neuron models. The resulting file contains details about the state variables, parameters and their initial values defined in their respective ``.nestml`` files. The ``json`` files are used to load them in the NEST Desktop user interface.

For example, for the neuron model ``iaf_psc_exp``, the ``json`` file will be generated by running the ``generate_target`` function with ``target_platform`` option set to ``NEST_DESKTOP``.

.. code-block:: python

   from pynestml.frontend.pynestml_frontend import generate_target

   generate_target(input_path="/home/nest/work/pynestml/models/neurons/iaf_psc_exp.nestml",
                   target_platform="NEST_DESKTOP",
                   target_path="/tmp/nestml_target")


Code generation options
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Several code generator options are available; for an overview see :class:`pynestml.codegeneration.nest_desktop_code_generator.NESTDesktopCodeGenerator`.