Rappture Documentation

This page contains reference documentation for the Rappture toolkit. Make sure you understand the big picture (What Is Rappture?) before you get in too deep here.

Rappture GUI Elements

The first step in building a Rappture application is to describe the inputs and outputs for your tool:

• Rappture GUI XML Elements

Rappture APIs

The second step is to access the inputs/outputs within your tool via the Rappture library. Pick your favorite programming language:

• Rappture-C/C++ API
• Rappture-Fortran API
• Rappture-Python API
• Rappture-Tcl API
• Rappture-Matlab API

Build Rappture Runtime

Follow these instructions to compile, link and install Rappture runtime on Linux and MacOS X.

• How to build & install Rappture runtime

Coming Soon: Rappture 2.0

We're working on a complete redesign of Rappture, combining the XML description and the code that accesses this descriptiong, making it easier to integrate Rappture into your applications. Here are some notes on the Rappture Core Object Design.