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This document discusses a software company called LogicNets that builds custom software applications for businesses using their visual logic-based environment. They transitioned their platform from using COM to using Lua in 2004 to improve flexibility, performance, and stability. The document provides details on their system architecture, implementation of applications as Lua scripts, partnerships with NASA for autonomous robotics, and examples of applications developed for refrigeration cabinet configuration, emergency planning, and performance tracking.

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Nasa Lua Beer Presentation

This document discusses a software company called LogicNets that builds custom software applications for businesses using their visual logic-based environment. They transitioned their platform from using COM to using Lua in 2004 to improve flexibility, performance, and stability. The document provides details on their system architecture, implementation of applications as Lua scripts, partnerships with NASA for autonomous robotics, and examples of applications developed for refrigeration cabinet configuration, emergency planning, and performance tracking.

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About

NASA, LUA, and Beer

Jelle Ferwerda

Co-authored with Ashwin Hirschi

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Who We Are & What We Do


Founded in 2000 Located in Washington, DC Operate globally Software development environment for business experts Business experts make software applications unique to their organizations
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Who Uses It

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LogicNets System

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Designer
Target audience: Business experts! Define applications as logicnets Nodes represent:
- Forms - Rules / Routers - Call nodes - Process (server based actions)

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Publisher
Publish as web applications Track usage Collect feedback Publish as stand-alone applications

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Implementation Requirements
Performance Scalability Stability Flexibility
Easy to add new functionality Ability to work with a dispersed team

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First Implementation
2000 - 2004
Nodes Logicnets COM System Library Engine Runtime Web Server

Databases HTTP(s) Email Externals

Over time:
- Flexibilityengine is too static, node level is too generic - Performancemore customers leads to bad performance - Stabilitynot as stable as necessary
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The Lua Implementation


2004 - Now
Parts Logicnets Logicnets Engine Controller System Library Lua Bindings Runtime Web Server

Databases HTTP(s) WS Mail Externals

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Logicnets in Lua
Each Logicnet is translated into Lua tables containing the Net and Node properties Each Node contains composition of parts defined as Lua tables Each part's behavior is mapped to corresponding Lua script
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Form Node Editor UI

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Form Node Lua Translation

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Advantages
Flexibility
Many previous core services are now dynamic, including the engine One part relates to one Lua script

Performance
Much(!) faster scripts No XML overhead Runs as cgi implementation

Stability
A different world

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Demonstration

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NASA Partnership
Space Act Agreement (SAA): Intelligence modeling and runtime environment for autonomous robotic systems
Procedural Reasoning System No programming Require flexibility to add new behavior, etc.

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Applications
Application: Color Configurator
Refrigeration cabinets sales reps use the color configurator to change cabinet color schemes on the fly

Application: Emergency Action Plan Generator


10,000 sports productions per year Different venues, different production teams Every production requires new Emergency Action Plan

Application: Performance Tracker


Quality and Sales reps Collect product quality information and market intelligence with Blackberrys Aggregate and analyze data for management reporting
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