Exploring fractals with slfractals

This python package lets you explore fractals defined on the complex number plane. Therefore, it packages a bokeh app and some Jupyter notebooks, that can be run with docker compose.

Requirements

• Working docker installation.

Usage

1. Clone or download the slfractals repository

2. Run the fractal visualization app and a Jupyter server to explore the notebooks by entering in a terminal in the local project folder

   docker compose up

3. Access the bokeh app in your web browser at http://localhost:5006/fractal_app

4. Access the Jupyter server and the notebooks in your web browser at http://localhost:8888/tree?token=mandelbr0t

5. Run

   docker compose down

   to shut down the app and notebook server and clean up all containers.

For development, you can also run a development container in VSCode, based on the settings in .devcontainer.