Re: Nanoengineer

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Lee Nelson <technologiclee@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a place on the wiki for this roadmap? Will we use the old wiki?
>
> I advocate using a short (2-4 week) sprint cycle - like they used to. They
> always seemed to make a lot of progress between sprints.
I'd like to suggest creating a new sprint backlog for this group
(which everyone can comment on) and not put a time limit on it. It
will take everyone a while to set up a development environment, get
oriented with the code and start productive coding work.
Here is a quick, short list of the things I believe should be
considered for the 1st sprint:
1. Wiki pages for setting up a NE1 developer's environment for
Windows, MacOSX and Linux. Currently we have these wiki page, but they
need to be updated:
http://nanoengineer-1.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=NE1_Build_and_Release_System_Overview
2. Epydoc install/config on the server to (re)generate NE1 API docs like these:
http://www.nanoengineer-1.com/snapshots/NE1_Documentation/
3. Updated wiki pages for creating NE1 install packages for Windows,
MacOSX and Linux.
4. Set up Bugzilla for NE1 on server (I'm working on this with Bryan
-- stay tuned).
5. Update (and clean up) the NE1 Wiki with new info (i.e. where to get
the code, setting up a NE1 dev environment, etc.) . I've started this,
but more to be done.
These 5 projects would be a good start for the first sprint.
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> They used Wind IDE for development.
> http://www.nanoengineer-1.net/mediawiki/index.php?search=IDE&go=Go
We used Wing IDE (www.wingware.com). The Personal Edition is $35 and
worth it. I use the Professional Edition and love it.
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> Since Netbeans has a python plugin, I think netbeans should be used (it is
> free)
> http://www.google.com/search?q=netbeans
I'll take a look at NetBeans. Can you create a "Getting Started with
NetBeans IDE" wiki page explaining what module(s)/plugin(s) to
download and any relevant configuration info.
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> A linux installer/ package is needed to make NE1 accessible to the linux
> crowd.
> There is a new version of BitRock Install builder available.
> http://bitrock.com/
Agreed.
>
> I see there was some change to the build requirements notes regarding QT,
> PyQt and Sip. This is really the only part that prevents a linux install. I
> see the build for Mac but not linux on this Page
> http://nanoengineer-1.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=PreReq_Builds
Maybe Thomas could add something about building NE1 for Fedora on that page?
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> There was a DNA origami Feature. That should be returned.
The DNA Origami feature was superseded by "Build DNA" and all
sub-commands. Tom Moore actually designed a new origami structure
using NE1 that was eventually synthesized by Paul Rothemund. It was
painful for Tom since NE1 is so slow with large models. It is
imperative to get the graphics optimization in NE1 working (more on
that later).
>
> The movie feature should make AVIs, preferably without needing POV-Ray and
> Picture2AVI as separate programs
This is a feature request. Add it here:
http://www.nanoengineer-1.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Feature_requests#Other_renderers
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> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Tom wrote:
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>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> It's good to see some interest in NE1 again. Do you have any sort of road
>> map for development yet?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Tom
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Mark Sims