ChainLink 1.0 Released

Jeremy Magland — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:36:16 -0000

ChainLink is a numerical computing environment, similar to Matlab/Octave/Scilab, allowing users to access C++ libraries, classes, and functions as well as Qt4 widgets through a Matlab-compatible scripting language. The software features a user-friendly console, script and source code editors, syntax highlighting, keyword completion, and real-time compilation/linking of plugin libraries. Thanks to the recent QtCentre programming contest deadline, the first major release is now available!

ChainLink includes functions for 2D/3D plotting, image processing, file I/O, mathematics, statistics, and more. There is also a library for accessing standard Qt widgets such as dialog boxes, tab and splitter widgets, layouts, and dialog box components including sliders, buttons, and text fields, anabling development of graphical user interfaces from scripts. ChainLink is open and transparent in the sense that the (C++) source code for every function (whether built-in or user-defined) is available from within the user interface itself. This code can even be modified during program execution, and the corresponding plugin library is recompiled without the need to restart the user interface.

For further information, visit:
http://chainlink.sourceforge.net

An overview of features is given in
http://chainlink.sourceforge.net/featureoverview.html

For installation instructions, see
http://chainlink.sourceforge.net/installation.html

The author is seeking a team of talented co-developers. Contact:
Jeremy.Magland@gmail.com

New in 0.7.0: IDE for library development

Jeremy Magland — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:45:21 -0000

The latest improvements to ChainLink include:

* Built-in IDE for viewing and developing plugin libraries

* plot3: line plots in 3D using libQGLViewer

* cleaner code and installation

* works on Mac! (I think...) feedback please

* A number of other improvements to the interface...

ChainLink: NEW in version 0.6.1

Jeremy Magland — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:43:22 -0000

Some of the key features recently added are:

v0.6.1
* Bug fixes in Linux installation
* Easy interface to QTabWidget and QSplitter objects
* Improved error reporting (double click -> script errors)
* Improved syntax highlighting and tab completion

v0.5.5
* Automatic keyword completion
* Help system... type help from console
* Improved syntax highlighting

v0.5.4
* Easier installation
* Self-documentation system
* Console window built into the user interface showing compilation and runtime errors. Double click on a compilation error to go straight to the source code.
* Improved syntax highlighting in source and script editors.
* Seemless export to ImageJ
* Interface to QwtPlot3D for surface plots

EMAIL: Jeremy.Magland@gmail.com

Introducing ChainLink: Matlab-style GUI for Qt4 developers

Jeremy Magland — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:57:25 -0000

ChainLink is a Qt4 integrated environment for scientific data analysis and visualization using Matlab/Octave/Scilab compatible syntax. The goal of the software is to allow users to easily incorporate their own scientific C/C++ code, data structures, and Qt Widgets into a user-friendly console and scripting environment.

ChainLink is open and transparent in the sense that the source code for every ChainLink function (whether built-in or user-defined) is available from within the user environment itself! That is, in addition to traditional Matlab-style scripting (i.e. m-files), the user has full (and convenient) access to the C++ code for all console functions. This code can be modified during program execution, and the corresponding plugin library can be recompiled without the need to restart the ChainLink user interface.

For further information, visit:
http://chainlink.sourceforge.net

Documentation is now available:
http://chainlink.sourceforge.net/documentation.html

Download the source (Linux or Windows) from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chainlink

The author is looking for additional developers. Please contact:
jmagland@users.sourceforge.net

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