A talk to take a user from a basic understanding of the Data Plane DevelopmentKit (DPDK), through writing a simple but functional forwarding application. This is a presentation to introduce users to the Data Plane Development Kit(DPDK) a set of cross platform open source libraries and drivers for fastpacket processing. We will take the user through the steps of building up asimple but functional packet forwarding application, and some tips, tricks,and best know methods of writing an efficient and performant DPDK application. The talks will be approximately 30 mins each (including 5 mins for questions).