vpython in A Sentence

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Classic Vpython Vpython 6.

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Vpython 6, which is no longer supported.

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This simplifies moving programs between GlowScript Vpython and Vpython 7.

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What's new: Vpython in GlowScript, plus the history of Vpython.

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Vpython makes it unusually easy to write programs that generate navigable real-time 3D animations.

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It also ensures that the Vpython module has been fully initialized before continuing.

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All GlowScript languages(Vpython, RapydScrpt, JavaScript) use"wait" or"_" as a special signal for the compilation process.

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A few Classic Vpython objects are not currently available in Vpython: convex, faces, and frame.

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(To help with converting from Classic Vpython, Vpython 6, you can refer to"vis" or"visual" instead of"Vpython".).

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Vpython does not yet work in Jupyter Lab, though some work has been done to make this possible.

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One way to deal with differences is to check the elements of the"version" variable that is available in all versions of Vpython:.

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In GlowScript Vpython it is not possible to import arbitrary Python modules such as numpy, and any program that uses numpy will have to be modifed.

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GlowScript by default processes Vpython programs as though they had the following statements at the start of the program(which you don't need to include; they will be ignored):.

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There is a Binder package of some demo programs, which lets you run Jupyter Vpython programs even on computers or mobile devices that do not have Python installed.

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Io it is easy to add both editing and execution of GlowScript Vpython to your own web pages, and Allain in his physics blog for Wired magazine has shown examples of this.

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At the right there is a pulldown menu to create a New notebook, and if you choose"Vpython" you will get the following import, which if using Python 3 is unnecessary(you can change the notebook type through the menu Kernel > Change kernel):.

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