making a web page with interactive figures

[Steve Purcell]

tla wrote:
> 1)  Display two graphs, and when the user selects (clicks on) a point in one
> graph, have the other graph refresh with a new picture based on the selected
> point.
> 
> 2) (I think this is harder than #1.)  Given two simple figures, A and B, each
> composed of just few arrows and boxes, etc. , I would like to allow the user to
> grab (click and hold) an object in A, and move it around smoothly, and while
> this is being done, smoothly update the objects in B, in some predetermined way,
> depending on what's happening in A.
> 
> 3)  For any state in #1 and #2, generate a stereo sound file from two NumPy
> arrays and allow the user to listen to this.
> 
> I assume, especially, for 2, but possibly for 1 and 3, that the user will need
> to have an executable that automatically runs on their computer.  Is this the
> way this would work?  What are my options for this?  If I can't use Python for
> these, what should I use?

Two possible choices are

  1. Java applets
  2. Python CGIs plus scripted Flash (http://opaque.net/ming)

-Steve

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