Python Frontend for Mesa

[ankitk50]

Hi all,

I would start making changes to integrate Solara with Mesa (see #1622 ). The goal would be to have a pure python frontend for Mesa release 3.0. The proposed timeline for the changes is from mid Aug 23 to mid January 24.

For the start I would work on mesa-examples and would try to come up with a generic code structure we can bring up in Mesa next release.

In coming weeks I would post the progress/discourse on this thread. If you have any suggestions feel free to get in touch.

[rht]

It's already in this repo: https://github.com/projectmesa/mesa/blob/main/mesa/experimental/jupyter_viz.py. Your first objective should be to improve the performance of the Matplotlib redraw for larger grid size.

[Corvince]

That's awesome! I am excited to see where you go with solara! Lots of opportunities there I think.

I have also been playing around a few hours with the solara frontend and hope to contribute as well. I was a react developer in my previous job, so let's see if that helps.

[ankitk50]

I have started with porting some examples to solara, to gain a better understanding of the framework and to get some more ideas on how to improve the plotting of the grids.

[tpike3]

Excellent, also please take a look at #1775 so you can see a related pull request.

[ankitk50]

Thanks I will also include the step-count in my examples.

[rht]

Can you make sure to open 1 PR for each examples, instead of 1 giant PR? We prefer smaller PRs for faster turnaround rate.

[tpike3]

Updated timeline:

Based on discussions this is the updated timeline I am proposing:

12 August - Python Frontend Framework Selected (done)
14 October - Basic skeleton of front end created
11 November - Working prototype with desired features (1st payment)
9 December - Develop test, refine and ensure code is complaint with contributor standards
13 January - Update tutorials and education support
10 February - Final clean up and release new Mesa version (final payment)

@ankitk50 Let me know if this works?

[ankitk50]

Yes , perfect ! Thanks for accommodating the request!