[Baypiggies] Discussion for newbies/beginner night talks

[Stephen McInerney]

Delbert,

Do you not use the Python wrapping of VTK (C++) for visualization?
And there's an open-source fluid dynamics package called MayaVi that sits on 
top
of VTK and can also be used to produce pretty good visualizations.
These are included in Enthought Python for Windows distribution.

>4. My interest in Python is for developing GUI-based data displays and 
>analysis
>of the results from  my software which models unsteady free-surface
>flow in rivers, canals, storm sewers, and related structures.  I'm also 
>interested
>in the scientific and numerical packages in Python: numpy, scipy, 
>matplotlib,
>etc.
>
>
>5.3 Some talks on experience with various graphical interfaces: TK, GTK, 
>pyQT, etc.
>I currently have  some experience with TK, having constructed an 
>interactive package
>to create 2-D time-series plots of flows, and elevations during flood 
>events.
>I have not had time to give another interface a try.   GTK sounds 
>interesting
>in combination with glade.  I must say that doing this with Python is so 
>much more
>fun than when I did a more limited package with a proprietary add-on to 
>Fortran!
>I also like that fact I don't have to pay anyone for the privilege of using 
>the
>software:)

>5.5  Extending Python by interfacing to Fortran code.  This will be on my
>to-do list as I move into using Python as a front-end for more heavy-duty
>number-crunching software.

(NOSC have done this for atmospheric forecasting.
Also SciPy conference 07 will be in San Diego, should be a good event.)

Regards,
Stephen

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