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# Module Template for Full Applications
An application can be written to run as either a *task* (a module with its own stack and process priority) or as a *work queue task* (a module that runs on a work queue thread, sharing the stack and thread priority with other tasks on the work queue).
An application can be written to run as either a _task_ (a module with its own stack and process priority) or as a _work queue task_ (a module that runs on a work queue thread, sharing the stack and thread priority with other tasks on the work queue).
In most cases a work queue task can be used, as this minimizes resource usage.
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## Work Queue Task
PX4-Autopilot contains a template for writing a new application (module) that runs as a *work queue task*:
PX4-Autopilot contains a template for writing a new application (module) that runs as a _work queue task_:
[src/examples/work_item](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/tree/main/src/examples/work_item).
A work queue task application is just the same as an ordinary (task) application, except that it needs to specify that it is a work queue task, and schedule itself to run during initialisation.
The example shows how.
In summary:
1. Specify the dependency on the work queue library in the cmake definition file ([CMakeLists.txt](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/src/examples/work_item/CMakeLists.txt)):
```
...
DEPENDS
px4_work_queue
```
1. In addition to `ModuleBase`, the task should also derive from `ScheduledWorkItem` (included from [ScheduledWorkItem.hpp]( https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/px4_work_queue/ScheduledWorkItem.hpp))
1. In addition to `ModuleBase`, the task should also derive from `ScheduledWorkItem` (included from [ScheduledWorkItem.hpp](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/platforms/common/include/px4_platform_common/px4_work_queue/ScheduledWorkItem.hpp))
1. Specify the queue to add the task to in the constructor initialisation.
The [work_item](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/blob/main/src/examples/work_item/WorkItemExample.cpp#L42) example adds itself to the `wq_configurations::test1` work queue as shown below:
```cpp
WorkItemExample::WorkItemExample() :
ModuleParams(nullptr),
ScheduledWorkItem(MODULE_NAME, px4::wq_configurations::test1)
ModuleParams(nullptr),
ScheduledWorkItem(MODULE_NAME, px4::wq_configurations::test1)
{
}
```
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1. Implement the `task_spawn` method, specifying that the task is a work queue (using the `task_id_is_work_queue` id.
1. Schedule the work queue task using one of the scheduling methods (in the example we use `ScheduleOnInterval` from within the `init` method).
## Tasks
PX4/PX4-Autopilot contains a template for writing a new application (module) that runs as a task on its own stack: