RodRego

AT Fellows Project

About

RodRego is a simple register machine simulator illustrating the computational capabilities of the INC/DEB language model. The project was launched in 1986 at Tufts University by Prof. Daniel Dennett. The current simulator comes in the form of a desktop application.

My project is to create a port for the simulator in JavaScript, preserving all the capabilities of the original desktop simulator in a new web application.

For more information about the original project, click here.

To Do

Round 2:

• Register Highlighting for Active Box
• Add Sound for INC/DEB buttons
• Add Clickable Dots (able for count to jump to corresponding value)
• Add "By Dan Dennett etc." to page
• Fix Safari Sound Problem
• Adjust Options Layout to work with jBox Modal view
  • Improve layout of options (make more clear)
  • Give options visual queues / icons
  • Auto close modal if example script selected

Round 1:

• Improve UI/UX
  • Overall Aesthetics
  • Update Buttons
  • Improve Command Printing
  • Add Box "lights"
• Implement runCommands()
  • Working Counters
  • Working Sound
  • Working Command Highlighting
  • Infinite Loop Handling
  • Step Button
• Implement printCommands()
  • Basic Version
  • Advanced Version
• Implement readCommands()
  • Command Parsing
  • Check Individual Command (cmdFail)
  • Check Command Stream (progression from 1 to 2 to 3...)
  • In-line Commenting (ex: 1 inc 2 2 # comment)
• Additional Features
  • Number / Bean Count
    • Add Number Counting
    • Add Automatic Toggle (> 15)
    • Add Toggle Option
  • "How To"/"About" Page
    • Implement Code
    • Fix Styling
    • Finalize Wording
  • Variable Speed
  • Load Standard Scripts
    • Pre-set input (Addition, Subtraction, etc.)
    • Add all scripts
    • Repeated Script Input
  • Sound Off Button