How new is the matplotlib on the App Engine? Does it have the new webagg stuff?

Aaron Meurer

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:42 PM, David Li <[email protected]> wrote:
> That would be the question you're answering :) It should work, but you'll
> have to figure out how to properly configure matplotlib for App Engine and
> how to serialize the plot.
>
> On Jan 17, 2014 8:37 PM, "Nitin Agarwal" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Question here is after getting mathplotlib working on the app engine,
>> Whether we would be able to draw 3D plots or not?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:34 AM, David Li <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 17, 2014 8:10 PM, "Nitin Agarwal" <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Does d3.js plots both 2D and 3D plots as mentioned in the tutorial.
>>> > http://docs.sympy.org/latest/modules/plotting.html#module-sympy.plotting.pygletplot
>>>
>>> No. D3 is completely separate from SymPy, the  documentation for SymPy
>>> does not apply to Gamma's plotting at all.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Also its been mentioned in the documentation that "Presently the plots
>>> > are rendered using matplotlib as a backend."
>>>
>>> Again, this is only true for SymPy and not for Gamma.
>>>
>>> >
>>> > So let me try to make mathplotlib working on the server app engine.
>>> >
>>> > One query about mathplotlib. Since previously you had mentioned that
>>> > d3.js, which is all rendered client-side and does not support all types of
>>> > plots (particularly 3D plots) and trying to get matplotlib working with
>>> > SymPy on App Engine will help us in getting the 3D plots.
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I don't see the question here, could you clarify?
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:03 AM, David Li <[email protected]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> This is not matplotlib, this is d3.js as I mentioned. For an example
>>> >> of what doesn't work, try x^2 - y^2.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Jan 17, 2014 8:02 PM, "Nitin Agarwal" <[email protected]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> So if I consider the plot of log(x) on Sympy gamma ie.
>>> >>> http://www.sympygamma.com/input/?i=log%28x%29 then how is this working. 
>>> >>> Its
>>> >>> also using mathplotlib. Am I right?  If mathplotlib is not working on 
>>> >>> the
>>> >>> development server, how the plotting is being done currently.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I had seen the logic.py and resultsets.py, got some idea and the
>>> >>> working of Sympy Gamma.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I would like to know some example of 2D and 3D which is not working.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:51 AM, David Li <[email protected]>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> A console wouldn't be appropriate for Gamma, I just wanted to point
>>> >>>> out that the interactivity currently present with SymPy plots wouldn't 
>>> >>>> work
>>> >>>> by default on App Engine.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> You would need to get matplotlib working on the development server,
>>> >>>> then create a new card for matplotlib plots that renders the plot,
>>> >>>> serializes it to PNG or some image format, and then sends that as the
>>> >>>> result. You will likely want to look through logic.py and 
>>> >>>> resultsets.py to
>>> >>>> get a sense of how Gamma works. If you have any specific questions, 
>>> >>>> feel
>>> >>>> free to ask me.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> David
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Jan 17, 2014 7:44 PM, "Nitin Agarwal"
>>> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Right, console access is not available for the user to interact
>>> >>>>> with the plot. In the sympy documentation it's been mentioned that the
>>> >>>>> plotting module supports both 2D and 3D plots.
>>> >>>>> http://docs.sympy.org/latest/modules/plotting.html
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Also what type of console would you like to have and how to start
>>> >>>>> working on this to get this done.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:39 AM, David Li <[email protected]>
>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Gamma uses its own plotting code based on d3.js, which is all
>>> >>>>>> rendered client-side and does not support all types of plots 
>>> >>>>>> (particularly
>>> >>>>>> 3D plots). Matplotlib would allow us to support that in Gamma. We 
>>> >>>>>> wouldn't
>>> >>>>>> necessarily be writing code using matplotlib, but instead trying to 
>>> >>>>>> get
>>> >>>>>> matplotlib working with SymPy on App Engine and then rendering and 
>>> >>>>>> sending a
>>> >>>>>> graph to the browser. For that matter, console access isn't exactly
>>> >>>>>> available on App Engine, so the user wouldn't be able to interact 
>>> >>>>>> with the
>>> >>>>>> plot without additional code...
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> David
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> On Friday, January 17, 2014 7:35:55 PM UTC-7, Nitin Agarwal wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> Since you mentioned to make use of mathplotlib from
>>> >>>>>>> https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/libraries27
>>> >>>>>>>  but
>>> >>>>>>> here its been mentioned that its a library used for 2D plotting. 
>>> >>>>>>> After going
>>> >>>>>>> though the plotting documentation of sympy, its been mentioned that
>>> >>>>>>> mathplotlib is alreadly been used and for plotting both 2D and 3D 
>>> >>>>>>> plots.
>>> >>>>>>> Link http://docs.sympy.org/latest/modules/plotting.html
>>> >>>>>>> Pyglet module is being used for 2D and 3D plots that can be
>>> >>>>>>> controlled by console commands as well as keyboard and mouse.
>>> >>>>>>> What else needs to be done in this plotting module for sympy and
>>> >>>>>>> sympy gamma. after working with some of the equations on sympy 
>>> >>>>>>> gamma, I can
>>> >>>>>>> see the plots being drawn for the equations.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> --
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> Nitin Agarwal
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:30 AM, David Li <[email protected]>
>>> >>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> Google's documentation talks about the extent of support for
>>> >>>>>>>> matplotlib on App Engine:
>>> >>>>>>>> https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/libraries27.
>>> >>>>>>>>  You
>>> >>>>>>>> will need some way to get matplotlib working on the development 
>>> >>>>>>>> server
>>> >>>>>>>> included with the SDK; I believe if you search around you will 
>>> >>>>>>>> find a way to
>>> >>>>>>>> do this. As for the purpose of this, currently Gamma doesn't 
>>> >>>>>>>> support plots
>>> >>>>>>>> such as 3D plots. You could also create result types to plot 
>>> >>>>>>>> statistical
>>> >>>>>>>> graphs, etc. or anything that matplotlib+SymPy is capable of 
>>> >>>>>>>> plotting. There
>>> >>>>>>>> aren't any plans for the support, other than that it would be 
>>> >>>>>>>> useful; I
>>> >>>>>>>> would recommend reading the SymPy documentation and seeing what 
>>> >>>>>>>> kinds of
>>> >>>>>>>> objects can be plotted.
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> David
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> On Monday, January 13, 2014 11:49:11 PM UTC-7, Nitin Agarwal
>>> >>>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi David,
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> As you had pointed out that "Google App Engine, which Gamma
>>> >>>>>>>>> runs on, has experimental matplotlib support, which you could try 
>>> >>>>>>>>> to
>>> >>>>>>>>> integrate into Gamma." I would like to know about the google app 
>>> >>>>>>>>> engine
>>> >>>>>>>>> experimental matplotlib support. I would like to integrate into 
>>> >>>>>>>>> gamma. Could
>>> >>>>>>>>> you specify in somewhat detail.
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> Since Sympy has a lot of improvement which needs to be done, I
>>> >>>>>>>>> wish to discuss about the new ideas which I could start off with 
>>> >>>>>>>>> and
>>> >>>>>>>>> integrate with the Sympy gamma. We would have to besides the 
>>> >>>>>>>>> current
>>> >>>>>>>>> features, we would have to develop some new features in 
>>> >>>>>>>>> comparison to what
>>> >>>>>>>>> wolframalpha currently offers to the users.
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:42 PM, David Li <[email protected]>
>>> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>> You could look at the issues lists on Github:
>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/sympy/sympy_gamma/issues and on Google Code:
>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list?can=2&q=label%3AGamma,
>>> >>>>>>>>>>  as well
>>> >>>>>>>>>> as the GSoC ideas list: 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2014-Ideas.
>>> >>>>>>>>>> Google App Engine, which Gamma runs on, has experimental 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> matplotlib support,
>>> >>>>>>>>>> which you could try to integrate into Gamma. Additionally, you 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> could work on
>>> >>>>>>>>>> implementing 3D plotting, either by using a library like 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> Three.js or trying
>>> >>>>>>>>>> to integrate what Mathics has, for instance. Parsing, which is 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> part of
>>> >>>>>>>>>> SymPy, could also use work (issues:
>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/list?can=2&q=label%3AParsing).
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>> As for an Android app, I it's been discussed here before.
>>> >>>>>>>>>> Mathstep
>>> >>>>>>>>>> (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.vertinode.mathstep)
>>> >>>>>>>>>>  would
>>> >>>>>>>>>> be an example of one that uses SymPy (but not Gamma) and runs 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> Python on
>>> >>>>>>>>>> Android; it's nicest feature, in my opinion, is the equation 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> editor, which
>>> >>>>>>>>>> could also be useful for Gamma on the web. Libraries that 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> implement this
>>> >>>>>>>>>> already exist (e.g. MathQuill, though we would have to be 
>>> >>>>>>>>>> careful about it's
>>> >>>>>>>>>> licence).
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>> David
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:13:26 PM UTC-7, SAHIL
>>> >>>>>>>>>> SHEKHAWAT wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> @Aaron Meurer : Can you please give me an idea about what the
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> community wants  in sympy_gamma or what are the future plans.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, December 29, 2013 2:46:33 PM UTC+5:30, SAHIL
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> SHEKHAWAT wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys!
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I am new to the sympy community but i really like the idea
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> of sympy gamma.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I think its really cool to develop something similar to
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> wolfram alpha but because i am new i want
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> to know what are the future plans of the community for this
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> project.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Its true that i dont have much experience but i am really
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> excited and i think i can develop it further.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> please also give your advice about an android app for sympy
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> gamma which will be really awesome against the paid app
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> of wolframalpha.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
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