https://sourceforge.net/p/mathbench/news/2012-11-02T08:59:10.271000ZRecent posts to news2012-11-02T08:59:10.271000Z2012-11-02T08:59:10.271000ZThibauld Nionhttps://sourceforge.net/u/tibonihoo/https://sourceforge.net0ab090ee8523cd075f74c707801f76211ae28da4

MathBench started as a tool to help perform some calculations and experimentations in python with very similar goals as [IPython's](http://ipython.org/) [notebook](http://blog.fperez.org/2012/01/ipython-notebook-historical.html). Due to lack of time I can't maintain nor develop it anymore but I'm willing to let somebody else take over the project. I think MathBench is still a good playground for engineering and science students looking for a simple way to interact with one of their homegrown libraries (MathBench's plugin system was designed for that). It's also a nice way to learn Python and wxWidgets. If you're interested, please contact me via https://sourceforge.net/users/tibonihoo Please be aware that before giving up the project I may ask you a test question like "what you want to do with it" and even keep an eye on it. On the brighter side this means that I'll still be here to help and answer questions :)

2012-10-01T20:09:09.960000Z2012-10-01T20:09:09.960000ZThibauld Nionhttps://sourceforge.net/u/tibonihoo/https://sourceforge.netb55a01aae95a3e013b1261edbcf79951b3d5e71a

After undegoing quite a lot of work since the beta version, MathBench is finally ready for a release. It proved to work on three platforms (Linux/MacOSX/Window), and now it's eager to prove how usefull it is :)

2012-10-01T20:09:09.902000Z2012-10-01T20:09:09.902000ZThibauld Nionhttps://sourceforge.net/u/tibonihoo/https://sourceforge.netbbe2fe95c7c763fa3842998691b0fd1c582c4c52

Mathbench 1.0 has just been released ! At it has only been tested on MacOSX (Tiger and Leopard) it is now part of the huge "beta software" family. So if you think that mathbench might be helpful to you please download and test it. Feedback will be much apreciated !

2012-10-01T20:09:09.849000Z2012-10-01T20:09:09.849000ZThibauld Nionhttps://sourceforge.net/u/tibonihoo/https://sourceforge.net397b5cf35b009edfa9bb3de88cfcd0e008a136a2

Yapsy has just moved to its own project place (though still on sourceforge) here is the adress: http://yapsy.sourceforge.net/ This changes is motivated by the fact that yapsy is already much more stable (and usefull) than mathbench !

2012-10-01T20:09:09.791000Z2012-10-01T20:09:09.791000ZThibauld Nionhttps://sourceforge.net/u/tibonihoo/https://sourceforge.net41b70b8cc7159dd27184c249124357261e2dbd59

With this update, Yapsy gets a new class of PluginManager that handles plugin's versionning. This is quite usefull for users having several versions of the same plugins and want either the latest one to be loaded automatically or to chose a specific version. This release is also mostly due to the contribution of a new user, who is much welcomed :)

2012-10-01T20:09:09.738000Z2012-10-01T20:09:09.738000ZThibauld Nionhttps://sourceforge.net/u/tibonihoo/https://sourceforge.netb7d9774788b4ca7d3ce2771109bfea56656fc507

The very first release of Yapsy (a generic python plugin system developped as part of the mathbench project) has been unleashed. This release features the basic implementation of a PluginManager as well as some basic extensions, namely a plugin manager that can store information in a ConfigParser compatible file, and singleton versions of these two classes. Depending on potential suggestions, new extensions to the base PluginManager may be added in futur versions of Yapsy !

2012-10-01T20:09:09.684000Z2012-10-01T20:09:09.684000ZThibauld Nionhttps://sourceforge.net/u/tibonihoo/https://sourceforge.netc024f04611a28748fc9a339703c7af0b79064dcd

Though in a working state, MathBench did not evolve for quite some time, due to lack of time from its original developper. If you think this project is interesting and want to push it forward -- even in a different direction -- feel free to contact me (via the tracker of via the "help request" at https://sourceforge.net/people/viewjob.php?group_id=203145&job_id=35308), I'll be happy to help you take over the project.