Week 2 – App Building

Topics Covered:

  • App building onramp

Learning Resources Used:

  • MATLAB self-paced online course
  • XE753 MATLAB – X-Plane communication script
  • MATLAB Aerobody graphics objects
  • FlightGear .ac files

Potential Applications:

  • App building is an extremely powerful tool in MATLAB to allow the user to create a standalone programme that can be shared with users without the need for the MATLAB interface
  • It uses object oriented programming so doing that course before this was imperative
  • This has a wide range of applications and will likely form the basis of each component of the portfolio.

Challenges:

  • A better grasp of object oriented programming would streamline the app building process, i.e. sharing variables across components using app methods and properties.
  • I have yet to actually compile a simple app and go through this process, would be a good idea before I try to compile anything more complex

Reflections / Notes:

  • An amazingly powerful tool that extends the capabilities of MATLAB greatly
  • Already well-demonstrated in my XE753 where I have improved the base script given

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