PhET Progress Report

Sam Reid

July 16, 2009

An online version of this report is available here

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

Force Law Lab

· About 22.5 hours old (of my time)

· Posted 6 new versions with 21 new features/bugfixes, latest is here

· Several outstanding questions

o Changing the object size can also change the distance between them.

o Should we include charges or change the name?

o How to show earth and sun on same scale?

o Include other planets?

o Compare units feature?

o How to resolve the distance slider behavior?

· Meeting later today

The Ramp

· Latest version is here

· Started implementing Force Charts tab

· Added charts

· Converted object selection to combobox

Misc

· VPN: Identified and tested a VPN client that works on my 64 bit client, this will allow me to communicate with tigercat on my development machine

· Build Process: Discuss project class hierarchy with CM and JO

· Scala: Posted CM's Scala eclipse evaluation report to the plugin mailing list

· Piccolo: Discuss fuzzy component issue with Chris

o New contributor to Piccolo is making improvements to piccolo, including increased test coverage and refactoring.

· Phetcommon: Resolved a bug CM pointed out regarding Fourier (and other phetgraphics sims) startup, see #1726

Upcoming Work

· Force Law Lab

· Ramp Simulation, mainly including charts

· CCK

1. Extensive testing, with Sam M

2. Port scripts to Java

3. Performance improvements, e.g. selecting appropriate time step

· JMonkeyEngine/Xith /3dzzd/Flash/Papervision3d/Feng Gui

· Work on website samples with Jonathan, including wicket

· Numberformatting problems in Moving Man/ar, see #1708