PhET Progress Report
Sam
Reid
Nov.
13, 2008
An
online version of this report is available here.
Here’s
a pie
chart representation of the time distribution.
Website
·
Wrote feasibility test for php
service for accessing jar updates, see #783
·
Rename Physics Education Technology Project to PhET on website, see #930
·
Discover/point out/resolve discrepancies between tigercat and svn (with John &
Dano)
·
Discuss web development frameworks
·
Update change docs from recent sim
changes
·
Prototyped changes for web table to provide links to
offline jars
Sim Upates/Tracking
·
Internal cleanup/simplification/error handling, with
Chris
Translation
·
Discussion of making translated JARs available
online (with Dano), see #783
·
Automatic update download+overwrite
now handles languages properly, see #923
Build
Process
·
Converted from maverick to scp+sshexec,
now John can deploy
Misc
·
Help
with FlashLauncher
·
Documentation
about graphics in #743
·
Discussed
upcoming features for Eating & Exercise
Upcoming
Work
·
See
ticket report "Sam R: Report" here
My
to-do list (on Unfuddle):
|
component_name |
summary |
priority |
milestone_title |
|
updater |
Automatic downloading & launching of updates |
5 |
<none> |
|
phetcommon |
clean up TrackingManager |
4 |
<none> |
|
all-sims |
Test ported sims under mac |
4 |
needs-mac |
|
quantum-wave-interference |
JSlider
doesn't render properly on Mac |
4 |
needs-mac |
|
website |
make translated sims available offline |
4 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
all-sims |
Licensing issues |
4 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
all-sims |
Localization Issues revealed by Alex's study |
4 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
website |
Create a test area for the website |
3 |
<none> |
|
quantum-wave-interference |
Photon and neutron representations change to match other sims |
3 |
<none> |
|
phetcommon |
Support for sim testing |
3 |
<none> |
|
updater |
add support for locale to the auto-updater |
3 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
wave-interference |
New features for Wave Interference |
3 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
eating-and-exercise |
Evaluate and implement recommendations from IPHY team |
3 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
wave-interference |
restrict 2 slit width so that it is always 2 slits |
3 |
<none> |
|
website |
Help design database for tracking, see #862 |
3 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
eating-and-exercise |
New issues for next version of Eating & Exercise |
3 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
<none> |
New Motion Simulation Suite |
3 |
<none> |
|
phetcommon |
Move to Java 1.5 |
3 |
awaiting-feedback |
|
build-process |
Set up a workflow for posting a candidate simulation on dev and
copying to tigercat after verification |
3 |
<none> |
|
unfuddle |
Sometimes there is a delay in the Unfuddle notifier
emails |
2 |
<none> |
