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Hi! I'm Robert, and I care about constipation. | Hi! I'm Robert, and I care about constipation. | ||
| − | + | = Design Study = | |
My honours project is a graphical application to display an animated figure and associated data, written in Python, and using OpenGL libraries. I wish to make this a nice slick OO application, but I'll be facing several challenges. | My honours project is a graphical application to display an animated figure and associated data, written in Python, and using OpenGL libraries. I wish to make this a nice slick OO application, but I'll be facing several challenges. | ||
| − | + | * Python is a loosely typed language. This makes things easier in some ways (no variable declarations, and no need to cast), but harder in others, particularly as I've never written OO in a loose language before. | |
| − | + | * OpenGL is very procedurally based. To get around this I'll have to build some kind of nice wrapper(s) so that we can use OpenGL in an OO way. | |
| − | + | * How to relate graphics code to object code. Should each object have a drawX() method, or will this wind up raping and pillaging the neatness of the program? We'll soon find out, so don't change that channel. I suspect this will be the core issue I face in this design study. | |
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| + | === Initial State === | ||
Before we begin this design study we should look at the project in its present state. It's currently rather a mess. There are currently a small number of objects used, but most of it is a typical OpenGL app with procedural code. | Before we begin this design study we should look at the project in its present state. It's currently rather a mess. There are currently a small number of objects used, but most of it is a typical OpenGL app with procedural code. | ||
(diagram pending, watch this space) | (diagram pending, watch this space) | ||
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| + | === Preliminary Design Thoughts === | ||
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| + | Probably I want an application object to work with at the very top level. That would mean a main method along the lines of: | ||
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| + | def main(): | ||
| + | animation_application = AnimationApplication() | ||
| + | application.start() | ||
Revision as of 04:04, 19 August 2008
Hi! I'm Robert, and I care about constipation.
Design Study
My honours project is a graphical application to display an animated figure and associated data, written in Python, and using OpenGL libraries. I wish to make this a nice slick OO application, but I'll be facing several challenges.
- Python is a loosely typed language. This makes things easier in some ways (no variable declarations, and no need to cast), but harder in others, particularly as I've never written OO in a loose language before.
- OpenGL is very procedurally based. To get around this I'll have to build some kind of nice wrapper(s) so that we can use OpenGL in an OO way.
- How to relate graphics code to object code. Should each object have a drawX() method, or will this wind up raping and pillaging the neatness of the program? We'll soon find out, so don't change that channel. I suspect this will be the core issue I face in this design study.
Initial State
Before we begin this design study we should look at the project in its present state. It's currently rather a mess. There are currently a small number of objects used, but most of it is a typical OpenGL app with procedural code.
(diagram pending, watch this space)
Preliminary Design Thoughts
Probably I want an application object to work with at the very top level. That would mean a main method along the lines of:
def main(): animation_application = AnimationApplication() application.start()
