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VPL -- The Virtual Programming Laboratory

VPL is a Web-based tool that supports remote access to local computational resources.

Provides a virtual programming environment accessible via Web browsers over the Internet.

We describe basic system as used in CPS615 Class Fall 96 and extensions including

Java to MPI support as well as Fortran plus MPI, HPF

User choice for Editors

Visualization of Scientific Results and Machine Performance

Table of Contents for VPL -- The Virtual Programming Laboratory

001 Virtual Programming Laboratory
002 Trends in Using Web Technology for Distant Education
003 Virtual Programming Lab (VPL) 
004 A Brief History 
005 Overall Design of VPL
006 Client-Server Interaction
007 Client Site (Front-End) Items 
008 Server Site Compilation Items 
009 PP Presentation
010 MPI binding to Java 	
011 Choosing an Editor for VPL
012 Using Java for Building Visualization Components
013 Use of Visualization in VPL
014 JPVS : Using Java for Performance Visualization
015 JPVS  (continued)
016 Example: Preparing Visualization Traces for [C + MPI] Codes
017 PP Presentation
018 VPLPlot: Using Java for Plotting 2-D Data Graphs 
019 PP Presentation
020 Using Java for Data Visualization
021 Future Directions 
022 Acknowledgments	

Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu