Mandelbrot Explorer

A project by Michael McRoskey

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Overview

Mandelbrot Explorer is an interface which let's you interact with images of the Mandelbrot set generated with C code. It runs on a local server via the SimpleHTTPServer module in Python.

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Files

1. server.py: This contains the script to process and handle server requests on localhost:9001. It loads index.html as the default page in a web browser.
2. Makefile: Running the command make in this directory will properly compile mandel.c
3. mandel.c: Generates an image of Mandelbrot structure at given points
4. bitmap.c: Bitmap struct file
5. bitmap.h: Header file for bitmap
6. index.html: HTML for web page
7. style.css: CSS styling for web page
8. images
   • example.png: example photo of interface
9. requirements.txt: Python environment requirements
10. README.md

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Usage

1. Run $ make to build the executables.
2. Run $ python server.py to run the Python server on localhost:9001
3. In a web browser, navigate to http://localhost:9001/.
4. Input x and y coordinates if desired and click GO to generate Mandelbrot image at that location.
5. Click on the image the center the image on that point. ./mandel will generate a new image and load it to the browser.

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Known Issues

1. Zoom is not enabled at this time.

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