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Orbit Simulator in Orinetz
Saturday, March 28th 2009
Putting an Online Orbit Simulation is currently the most important thing in my to-do list for Orinetz. Basically it is a continuation of development which root could be found in Orinetz Programmable Comic.
Basically this simulation was made by digging a hole in a html page. This digging process present quite a web-engineering challange as hole doesn't normally occur in a web page. Because of the need for this hole, the simulation page is very different from the other pages in Orinetz, even if the orbit simulation page looks just like another Orinetz web page.
The other difficulty I face when making the simulation is the Java-Script. The javascript requirement for this simulation is significantly bigger than any java-script code I ever written before. I have to write javascript for the calendar function, for the code required to make the simulation 3 dimensional and for the simulation dynamic itself. The fact that Orinetz is a multilingual website also complicate the already complicated matters.
Regardless of those difficulties Solar System Simulation, the first planetary system in Orinetz Orbit Simulator had been completed. I also send one copy of it for Orions Arm Worldbuilding Project which had been a great source of inspiration for me. We have to wait quite a while before we could see it in Orion's Arm however, since their webprogrammer seems to be occupied by something else.
I also have to complete Orbit Simulator Help as a user-guide for any Orinetz Orbit Simulator's potential users. Honestly, writing user-guide is not really a job I enjoy as much as making the software more complicated. But that doesn't change the fact that I have to write the user-guide and translate it to Indonesian and Japanese.
Honestly, I am not confident enough with my Japanese and translating the user-guide to Japanese will be a significant challange for me. But somehow I manage to explain what Orinetz Orbit Simulator is about and my sensei seems to understand the subject pretty well. He helped a lot with the technical Japanese words required to explain the concept, for which I have to say thanks a lot.
So for anyone who are learning new languages at the moment, being confident would help you a lot in your endeavor. Never try to be perfect in one go, but sharpen your skill by practicing it at any chance you can get. For some reason, learning new human language is no different from learning new programming language. It is just how we recognize the difference between those languages and how we should tell our stories in new way of thinking.
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