[Sugar-devel] GSoC 2015 Project

[Anish Shah]

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

After setting up the development environment, I installed a few activities.
The physics one failed to start.

Also, I was wondering if we have made some progress on the javascript
version already? or will I be working from scratch?

As Walter mentioned that we need not have the restriction of the keeping it
compatible with XO, I am guessing that the javascript version is for use in
Linux + Windows + OSx users? also Android + iOS? So do we need to make it
responsive as well?

Besides TurtleBlocks 3D, all other activities and ports seems to be 2D so
unless we have already finalized WebGL, we can also consider HTML 5 canvas
for things other than Turtle 3D and CSS 3 for Turtle 3D?

Regards,
Anish


On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:03 AM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 08:39:33AM -0500, Walter Bender wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 5:18 AM, Sam P. <sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > G'day Anish,
> > >
> > > Just a quick explanation of these projects.  They are all based around
> > > existing activities (apps) available for sugar.  These activities are
> > > written in python, so can only run in sugar and not on the web.  The
> tasks
> > > are all about making a HTML5 version of these activities.
> > >
> > > I would recommend setting up a development environment [1] and then
> > > downloading the activities you mentioned:
> > >
> > >     Physics:
> https://activities-2.sugarlabs.org/view/org.laptop.physics
> > >     Turtle 3D:
> > > https://activities-2.sugarlabs.org/view/org.laptop.TurtleArtActivity3D
> > >     Basic activities:  You can use the search box... hopefully it
> doesn't
> > > break between now and when you get the email :)
> > > https://activities-2.sugarlabs.org/
> > >
> > > Also, about turtle3D, it would be interesting trying to keep it
> compatible
> > > with XO.  The XO does not support OpenGL and has no hope for WebGL.
> Could
> > > you get compatibility for those environments?
> >
> > Not sure we need to maintain that restriction. We have the Python/GTK
> > version of Turtle 3D for the XO. I think we can push a bit into new
> > areas with the JS version.
>
> Agreed.
>
> The XO-4 can support OpenGL ES 2.0 in hardware, and OpenGL in
> software, but coding to this performance level probably isn't a good
> idea for Sugar's future.
>
> Still, it would be nice if the activity can detect if it is being used
> on a system with inadequate OpenGL frame rate (such as Mesa on power
> conservative processors), and report the problem rather than plough on
> regardless.
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>
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