This repository is effectively the software artifact for the white paper Making High-Performance Robots Safe and Easy to Use ForAn Introduction to Computing. As such, it is meant for use not development.
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backend/: Contains the soccer simulation binary as well as the Node.js middleware. The middleware communicates with the Web client via a WS connection and with the soccer program via UDP. -
frontend/: The Web IDE. -
scripts/: A collection of scripts for installation and startup. More details are found in the instructions below.
There are three Bash scripts in the scripts directory to provide assistance in operation.
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install.sh: Installs third-party dependencies. Successful completion is a necessary and sufficient condition for use. As implied, this script only needs to run successfully once per machine. -
runBackend.sh: Starts the Node.js program. Optionally, port numbers can be provided for the WS server and UDP broadcast. The syntax is as follows:
$ ./runBackend.sh # Use the default ports of 8000 (WS) and (41300).
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$ ./runBackend.sh 8001 41302 # Provide custom ports.
runFrontend.sh: Starts an HTTP server to access the Web IDE.
Both the runBackend.sh and runFrontend.sh must be left running for the system to be fully operational. To get started navigate to the Web IDE in your browser.
See Issues; if someone has not already filed an issue for your problem, then please create one. Be descriptive.
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The soccer binary was built and tested on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. An Ubuntu-like distribution is a hard requirement. If you do not have such a machine readily available, then you can use a minimal Lubuntu OVA, which has been tested.
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The Web IDE must be accessed from the same machine running the soccer binary (i.e. localhost). This requirement could be alleviated with further engineering effort, if there is interest.
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The Google account feature as described in the publication is not present.