PhET Progress Report

Sam Reid

August 16, 2007

An online version of this report is available here.

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

I’ll be returning to a part time appointment for the Fall semester starting August 20.

Rotation

· Click here for latest version

· Refactored charts with John

· Performance improvements

· Needs more work on refactoring

· More performance improvement is possible, but more difficult (highest benefit-to-cost ratio finished)

· Remaining Work

Mac

· Fixed Signal Circuit and Forces1D to be mac compatible (only problematic under Mac + Java 1.4), posted on main site

Build

· Fixed build process to put a simulation copy in dev when posting to main-site

Other

· Helped set up Mike D. with SVN

· Maze Game bugfixes

· Discussion about forum implementations

· CCK: researched internal resistance issue

· Website

· Here’s a link to the main-site change document; no emails notifications have been sent yet

· Discuss After AAPT Ideas

Upcoming Work

· Rotation/Torque

· Licensing issues/Meet with Kate Tallman

· Post-AAPT list items

o GUI for translation system

· CCK