Discussion of Qudi: A modular python suite for experiment control and data processing

David

• Qudi looks (sort of) like a solution for what we currently use EPICS for.
  • (Section 3) "The Qudi suite is useful for any small to medium-size computer-controlled laboratory experiment."
• Single Python process (?)
  • Any GUI's , hardware agents, data processing/analysis qll live as modules in this one process.
• (Section 2.2.2) Implements default methods in Python class that raise exceptions to mimic C++ purely virtual functions
  • can only be detected at run time
• (Section 2.2.3) "Interfuses" =? inheritance
• Unable to run example due to PySide dependency failing with:

   only these python versions are supported: [(2, 6), (2, 7), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4)]

• Overall: seems suitable for small, table-top style experiments. Not really large or even long-lived experiments.
• Nature Article: The Unsung Heroes of Scientific Software

Thomas

* I found it interesting but felt a little like it was left at "anyone can write their own pipeline...like our pipeline...." which presumably they would have to do anyways. 

• The ordering structure is the novel part and I didn't see the inroads to take their program and just apply it whole-hog

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