PhET Progress Report

Sam Reid

September 24, 2009

 

An online version of this report is available here.

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

 

Motion Series

·         Added 6 new changes, latest version is 1.03.42

o   Fixed: Prevent the chart from drawing lines "back in time" when pressing record in the middle of a playback sequence

o   Fixed: Chart text boxes should always show correct values, even after charts are full.

o   Removed all references to "work" in the work/energy tab of The Ramp, including graphs and bar charts

o   Removed the force graph from the work/energy tab of The Ramp

o   Renamed the "work/energy" ramp tab to "Energy"

o   Fixed the layout of the "Energy" tab to match the "Force Graphs" tab

 

Gravity Force Lab

·         Minor fixes

·         Posted on main site as 1.00

 

Misc

·         Discussed preferred Font issue as part of  #1765

·         Feasibility tests for replacing motion/control-graph module

·         Neuron sim, collaboration with John

·         Density sim/3D/Piccolo, discussion with Jonathan & Chris

 

Upcoming Work

·         Ramp simulation, see to-do list

·         E&E graph should have record/playback, use Scala recording controls.

1.      Noah provided a mock-up, see email

2.      Rewrite this component in Java?

·         Discuss MyCanvas layout implementation with Chris, John, Jonathan

1.      Still experimenting with it

·         Posted sim dependencies, and sims for common libraries and a report for ramp in particular

1.      Decide which of these sims should be reposted, or whether we'd like to investigate the source code for changes before investing in repost + retest.

2.      Chris recommended making common text change logs available to testers

·         Motion Suite: need to discuss Robot Moving Company games with NP

·         CCK - new Physics implementation, testing and performance analysis (with Sam M)

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

·         Make it possible to redeploy sims with common changes without retesting the sim when we redeploy again