You are at the (new and developing) VPython wiki site, a place to plan and organize information about VPython. This site is based on and includes a number of links to the main VPython site, http://www.vpython.org.
Members of the site are encouraged to use the forums to ask questions and post answers, and create new pages to develop shared ideas and projects. Many pages include a "Comments" section at the bottom (including this one!) to make it easy to give feedback on the page.
Breaking News
- Visual 5! With special new features section.
- A forum is available for discussion
- See the Comments section below to add suggestions and ideas for this site
What is VPython?
VPython is a package that includes:
- the Python programming language
- the IDLE interactive development environment
- "Visual", a Python module that offers real-time 3D output, and is easily usable by novice programmers
- "numpy", a Python module for fast processing of arrays (replaces Numeric that was formerly supported by Python)
VPython is free and open-source.
For main VPython links, go to the VPython site
Other VPython and Python Links
| The Python language www.python.org |
The povexport module by Ruth Chabay can export a VPython scene to POV-Ray; see the Contributed section of vpython.org | For VPython developers |
| Matter & Interactions intro physics with VPython |
Contributed programs from users | The cT Archives |
| Erik Thompson's video introduction to VPython | Python entry about VPython projects | |
| New instructional videos by Shawn Weatherford and Jeff Polak: | Search for "vpythonvideos" at YouTube |
Major Contributors to VPython
- David Scherer, David Andersen, Jonathan Brandmeyer, Ruth Chabay, Ari Heitner, Ian Peters, Bruce Sherwood.
- Others who have contributed significant code to the Visual module include Shawn Press, Hugh Fisher, John Zelle, Arthur Siegel, and Michael Temkine. See Recent developments for details.
Write to ude.uscn|doowrehS_ecurB#doowrehS ecurB if you don't find what you need, or to tell us how you are using VPython.
The development of VPython was supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
