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Physics Motion Tracking Lab¤

MotionTrackerLab
├─ scripts # contains all scripts for launching programs
├─ motiontracker # main library for motion tracking
├─ labweb # contains files for the webserver
│  ├─ frontend # javascript code (React) for clients
│  └─ backend # python code for webserver
├─ labconfig # python code for all configuration
├─ logs # log text files will be saved here
├─ data # any saved motion tracking data is saved here
├─ tests # contains all test files 
└─ assets # pictures for documentation website

Notes¤

I have made up my mind to just cleanly separate frontend from backend.

What if someone navigates away from the camera after 10 seconds! Do I really want to turn off the camera! Or do a soft reset. What if they are just looking at graphs!

Install¤

  1. pip install -e .[dev] - For Development
  2. npm install

Production Run¤

This will run the webserver

  1. npm run build
  2. uvicorn labweb:app

Development¤

These instruction are for developers working on the project.

Development Mode¤

Open two terminals

  1. uvicorn labweb:app
  2. npm run start

Open the url: http://127.0.0.1:8000

Scripts¤

Demo

  1. python -m scripts.run_demo

Tests¤

To simply run the tests: pytest -v

To see all captured output (debugging): pytest -rPx -v

Notes¤

https://ajhyndman.medium.com/hot-reloading-with-react-and-flask-b5dae60d9898