PhET Progress Report

Sam Reid

August 30, 2007

An online version of this report is available here.

Here’s a pie chart representation of the time distribution.

Lasers

· Posted 19 revisions, click here for latest version

· Posted lasers on main site

· Bugfixes & cleanup

· Added snap-to for energy levels

· Added hydrogen-atom photon graphics

· Improved startup time (and module switch time) by 1 second

· Known Issues

· Should we go to black background (2 hrs or so)?

· What values should we use for new photons?

Repository

· Removed 600+ unused files

· Cleaned up usages of about Dialog

· Other misc cleanup

MRI

· Latest versions for MRI, also on main site

· Added snap-to for both sliders

· Added flashing destination energy level indication for match

· Fixes & Cleanup

Misc

· Added links to the About Dialog for opening the PhET homepage

· Added a link to the logo graphic in the tab area

· Rotation: Performance analysis and improvement (not posted)

· Added build code to build an all-java-simulation JAR file.

1. This also helps to identify unused code

· Discussed social networking strategies

· Minor bugfix in Moving Man

Upcoming Work

· Rotation/Torque

· Licensing issues/Meet with Kate Tallman

· GUI for translation system

· CCK