Janek! where do you live? If you don't mind me asking. I thought that I was rare. Thanks, Gilbert Janek Muncie, Indiana U.S.A.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Sander Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Janek, well, that sounds very ambitious! I would first do some experiments to make sure the JVM is fast enough to create a responsive planetarium. As you know there is lots of math going on behind the scenes and massive amounts of data get processed. Patrick's choice of using Lazarus so he can create native code for Windows and Linux is pretty smart. There are other choices such as gcc and portable widget libraries. And Java. So far I haven't been impressed with Javas portability though, some applications require version this and others version that. Forget running both on the same machine then. At least I couldn't make it work :) As far as sourceforge goes, read the docs on how to apply for a workspace. Good luck, Sander janek1888 wrote: > > > Hi all, > I was thinking about contributing to CdC. But I had little shock from > CdC source codes, it was like good old days on Delphi. So, I am > going to rewrite CdC to Java. Things like unit testing, modularity, > interfaces and documentation can be very usefull :-) > > This is not impulse decision, I took 3 weeks for decision. I made > little research in other planetarium to make sure, there is no > variants to fork/extend. KStars are best, but still far cry from my > expectations. > > Some libraries which I am going to use: > * Spring beans - keep parts of programs isolated, greatly improve > unit testing > * Jide GUI components - set of good Swing components, soon will be > opensourced - http://www.jidesoft.com <http://www.jidesoft.com> > * Java2d - drawing library, will be used for maps (hw acceleration, > vectors...) > * HSQLDB - small embedded java database, will store everything from > stars to constellation lines > * Mysql and Connector/MXJ - something like embedded mysql for java. I > want use it for big catalogues > * plugins from JEdit - simple yet powerfull plugin engine from JEdit. > * BeanScript - simple scripting language for macros and small plugins > > Java offer some cool features, but main reason is to build good core > for future exdending. I thing it will take one/two years to push this > program to CdC level. Program will be open source, under GPL. > > Currently I am looking for help and advice. I can use this: > * introduction to CdC source codes :-) > * discussion about design and possible problems > * data conversions (asteroids, constel lines..) > * algorithms in java > * website, wiki, forum and repository setup on sourceforge > > So, what do you think? > > PS: Delphi 1 was realy great, but it is 21st century :-) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
