What are workspaces?

Introduction

A workspace basically consists of a folder containing .java source files and resource files, which are compiled on-the-fly by EOCV-Sim. This removes the need of having to use Gradle for running slow builds, and even allows you to see code changes in real time within a few seconds, or even milliseconds!

A OpenCvPipeline opened in VS Code with IntelliSense

Using workspaces (without any supported IDE or text editor)

Workspaces in EOCV-Sim are very flexible, which means that you don't need any specific IDE or text editor, you just need to provide .java files that the simulator will compile. There's an eocvsim_workspace.json file which configures the build process, and will be explained next.

The simulator creates and selects by default a workspace in the user folder, ~/.eocvsim/default_workspace, which contains a sample GrayscalePipeline.java that is compiled and added on runtime, but you can change it by doing the following steps:

• Go under the "Pipelines" section, click the "Workspace" and finally "Select workspace". Or alternatively, you can also go to Workspace -> Select workspace

• Select a folder in the file explorer that pops up

• And you are done! The sim should select the folder as a workspace, create a eocvsim_workspace.json file if it doesn't exist in the selected folder, and build the .java files in the directory.