Matrix-Reduction

This is a simple POC app that I'm using to poke at doing numerics in node. I'm also playing with node-based CLIs while I'm at it.

Installation

You'll need NPM installed to build the project. Load dependencies and compile the app with

npm install && npm run build

You can then start the application from source code directly with

npm run start

Alternatively, you can save the app to your terminal as a CLI app. To do this, run

npm link

This will install the app as matrix-stuff to your path.

Usage

Starting the app opens a CLI session in your terminal. You can ask for commands by typing "help", which will give the following response:

         The available commands are:
         import {filename} - imports a matrix from the given file;
         exit              - exits the app.
         
         Matrix files should be formatted as follows:
         * Each entry of the matrix is separated with an empty space
         * Each row of the matrix is separated with a newline
         
         Currently, only rational numbers are supported. A sample valid row could look like this:
         -4 12/15 0 4/6
         
         When a matrix is imported, the follow commands become available:
         
         [Press LEFT]  - See what the matrix looked like in the previous step of the execution.
         [Press RIGHT] - See what the matrix looked like in the next step of the execution.
         start         - Jump back to the start of the execution.
         result        - Jump back to the result of the execution.
         
         A new matrix can be imported with the 'import {filename} command while a matrix execution is active.`

Examples

Some example matrices can be found in the examples folder. You could try them out from inside the app with

import examples/nicematrix.txt

import examples/complicatedmatrix.txt

Etc. Feel free to write your own matrices to be imported and reduced.

Continuous Integration

ATM this POC isn't packaged, so the CI just runs tests.

https://circleci.com/gh/AlexanderPruss/Matrix-Reduction

Future Improvements

• Add a more intelligent way to factor a number into prime factors
• Having better immutable types would be helpful
• Some improvements could be made to RationalNumbers to help prevent overflow
• Need to look into whether having non-blocking functions (more async) is relevant when the program is a CLI
• While the math is very well covered, some of the CLI stuff isn't tested much