Can I Create Interactive Applets with Python?

[cscott]

This guy has made a nice series of demonstrative applets with Java. I was wondering what I'd need with Python to do the same thing.

 

[robphy]

Falstad's visualizations are great.

I have been interested in using VPython to create visualizations along those lines... but I don't have a lot of free time right now.

Try http://www.vpython.org (which has Visual, a 3D OpenGL visualization module, and the Numeric module). Look at the contributed programs for a sense of what can be done.

For 2D graphics, you might try the Python Imaging Library
http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

These may also be helpful
Numerical Python http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy
Boost.Python http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/
PyOpenGL http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/
http://www.vrplumber.com/py3d.py

 

[Tide]

VPython looks really good! I've only started experimenting with it but it has some impressive capabilities and seems easy to use.

 

[cscott]

I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for all the links.