PhET Progress Report

Sam Reid

May 10, 2007

An online version of this report is available here.

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

I worked reduced hours this week due to finals, and will be starting my summer appointment on Monday May 14.

Here are my proposed summer vacation times:

July 2 - July 6, July 30, August 10

Energy Skate Park

· Posted 3 revisions, latest is:

· About 10 minor changes.

· Not yet posted on main site.

Website

· Collaborated with John on user contribution facility.

JFreeChart

· Upgraded from 1.0.0 to 1.0.5, tested simulations.

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· Discovered a technique for converting java simulations to scalable vector graphics, this could be useful for publications, see e.g.

Upcoming Work

· Energy Skate Park?

· Rotation (partly with John)

· Improve build system (with John)

1. Rewrite main build script to use java-based build task

2. Generalize JNLP file generation

3. Fix simulations to match build information requirements (directory for localization information, standardization, etc.)