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Mosaicode

A Visual Programming Environment and source code generator for specific domains, focusing on Digital Art.

Getting Started

Getting a copy of the project up and running on your local machine. Supported Platform: GNU/Linux.

git clone https://git.alice.ufsj.edu.br/fls/mosaicode.git

Prerequisites / Dependencies

sudo apt install \
                    build-essential \
                    cmake \
                    gcc \
                    gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 \
                    gir1.2-gtk-3.0 \
                    gir1.2-goocanvas-2.0 \
                    libcairo2-dev \
                    libgirepository1.0-dev \
                    libgirepository-2.0-dev \
                    libgoocanvas-2.0-9 \
                    libgoocanvas-2.0-dev \
                    pkg-config \
                    python3 \
                    python3-cairo \
                    python3-dev \
                    python3-gi \
                    python3-gi-cairo \
                    python3-pip \
                    python3-setuptools \
                    python3-venv

Installation

Steps to install the Mosaicode in a virtual environment or in the operational system directory.

Virtual Environment / Isolated from system directories

Setting the virtual environment:

Create the environment: python3 -m venv mosaicode
Active the environment: source mosaicode/bin/activate
Install PyGObject: python -m pip install PyGObject setuptools
Install Mosaicode: python setup.py install

More details in the Python 3 Virtual Environments and Packages documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html

Running mosaicode

Active the environment: source mosaicode/bin/activate
Run the tool: mosaicode
Deactivate the environment: deactivate

Useful Makefile Commands

make help - Show all available commands
make check_deps - Check if dependencies are properly installed
make run - Run Mosaicode in development mode
make run_installed - Run installed Mosaicode
make test_normal - Run tests
make clean - Clean build files

Mosaicode Extensions

Some extensions that you can install to add visual programming languages with resources from areas of computing which allow the development of tools to support Digital Art in a simple and practical way: dragging and connecting blocks:

Technology	Domain	Extension repository	Operating
Javascript / Web Audio API	Computer Music	https://git.alice.ufsj.edu.br/fls/mosaicode-javascript-webaudio	Yes
C / OpenCV	Computer vision	https://github.com/Alice-ArtsLab/mosaicode-c-opencv	No
C / Opengl	Computer graphics	https://github.com/Alice-ArtsLab/mosaicode-c-opengl	No
Javascript / Canvas	Graphics on a web	https://github.com/Alice-ArtsLab/mosaicode-javascript-canvas	No
C / Linux-Joystick	USB Controller	https://github.com/Alice-ArtsLab/mosaicode-c-joystick	No
C / Gtk	GUI	https://github.com/Alice-ArtsLab/mosaicode-c-gtk	No
C / Portaudio	Computer Music	https://github.com/Alice-ArtsLab/mosaicode-c-sound	No

To install a Extension:

mkdir ~/mosaicode
mkdir ~/mosaicode/extensions/
cd  ~/mosaicode/extensions/
git clone https://git.alice.ufsj.edu.br/fls/mosaicode-javascript-webaudio.git

ALICE. Lab: https://alice.ufsj.edu.br/

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