The Rappture toolkit solves that problem by providing the basic infrastructure for a large class of scientific applications, letting scientists focus on their core algorithm. It does so in a language-neutral fashion, so you can access Rappture in a variety of programming environments, including C/C++, Fortran and Python. To use Rappture, you simply describe all of the inputs and outputs for your simulator, and Rappture generates a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for your tool automatically.

This tutorial provides an overview of Rappture and its capabilities. It shows an example of giving a "face lift" to a legacy tool by wrapping it with a Rappture interface. It also shows how Rappture can be directly integrated into new simulators written in Fortran, Python, etc. With very little investment, Rappture will produce a friendly user interface for your application.

If you reference this work in a publication, please cite as follows:

• McLennan, Michael (2005), "Add Rappture to Your Software Development", http://www.nanohub.org/resources/240/, accessed on 2008-05-17 02:30:13.

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1. cyberinfrastructure
2. programming techniques
3. rappture
4. software development
5. visualization