I am in the science community and Python seems to be used a bunch here. I guess I am looking at someone writing a python script that would load our libraries and be able to make calls to the library to perform the analysis that they want. I am even hoping for some sort of Automated Wrapping function much like projects such as VTK and ParaView have for wrapping all of their C++ code in Python.
I would consider Lua also but I think I would like to wrap with something that our users are already using. Thanks for the pointers. Mike Jackson On Mar 12, 2014, at 2:57 PM, Jason H <scorp...@yahoo.com> wrote: > LUA is becoming very popular. And the libraries are comprehensive. > > I however am a Python fan and to add a python interpreter to your program is > very easy. You can also wield the enormity of python libraries. > You don't need to do anything more than: code your functions in python, > marshal your data into the interpreter with a variable name, then call the > function in the interpreter with that variable to have the python do its > thing. Then marshal your data back out. > > It shouldn't require much in theory you could take your data, JSON it, store > it as a python dict and have your function expect a dict as input. Getting > results out is equally simple. > > However if you need to marshal classes you can use SIP (riverbank computing) > to provide a class wrapper for python to use. > > If you do get confused by the Python Extending vs Embedding issue, they will > recommend extending. For what you are doing, u only need/want embedding. > http://docs.python.org/2/extending/ > > > > > > > From: Michael Jackson <imikejack...@gmail.com> > To: "<interest@qt-project.org>" <interest@qt-project.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:06 PM > Subject: [Interest] Adding Scripting Capabilities to my Application > (Suggestions on how to get started) > > Hello Qt Community. > I help develop a combination of library/application > (dream3d.bluequartz.net) and we would like to add some scripting capabilities > to it. I'll state what I _think_ I want and hopefully get a sanity check as > to whether it is really possible or not. > > Our project as a main Application that is GUI based and is the user facing > portion. It allows the user to setup a Pipeline of "filters" to be run on a > set of data. We have separated the "View" parts from the "model" parts and so > we can actually execute a pipeline from the command line by feeding it a > special .ini file that describes the inputs for each filter in sequence. What > I think we would like to add is the ability to write "script" file that > allows more than just running the filters in sequence but would also add all > the basic language features such as loops and conditionals. So I am > envisioning someone writing something like a JavaScript file that would be > executed. The script file would contain all the logic to drive a pipeline or > multiple pipelines or variations on a pipeline or something like that. > Basically, a way to hook together our filters but NOT have to do a full blown > compile of the codes. I took a look at QML, QtScript and something else but I > am really ju s > t getting confused at this point. It was suggested to wrap all of our classes > in Python or Java or Ruby. I was really hoping to be able to utilize > something built into Qt (Qt4 currently but we are working to move to Qt5) so > that I didn't have to ensure the user has the proper scripting language > installed on their systems (OS X, Linux & Windows). > > So I would sincerely appreciate any suggestions or personal experiences from > the Qt community about how to proceed or where to look for more examples. > > > Thanks > -- > Mike Jackson > http://dream3d.bluequartz.net :::::::::: > http://www.github.com/dream3d/DREAM3D > > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > > _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
