Idea
scijs is a collection of numerical and scientific computing packages and utilities for working with multi-dimensional array data. While stdlib has surpassed scijs in terms of breadth and depth of functionality, scijs still includes a good bit of widely used functionality. One of the points of friction within the JavaScript ecosystem is the lack of interoperability between stdlib and scijs.
The goal of this idea is to integrate stdlib into applicable scijs packages, and, where appropriate, to implement scijs operations in stdlib which are not currently present. This effort will entail updating various scijs packages to accept and operate on stdlib ndarrays, and where stdlib equivalents already exist, updating the current scijs implementations to delegate to stdlib implementations (e.g., see https://github.com/scijs/ndarray-fill, which, after standardizing input arguments, could delegate to @stdlib/ndarray/fill).
For those interested in this idea, you should
- study https://github.com/orgs/scijs/repositories?type=source
- create a list of APIs present in scijs (e.g., in a Google spreadsheet)
- find equivalent APIs already present in stdlib
- identify which APIs have not already been implemented
- identify which APIs are amenable to stdlib integration (note: not all APIs can be delegated to stdlib!)
- describe a plan for achieving integration
Expected Outcomes
Users will be able to use scijs APIs with stdlib ndarrays and, where appropriate, scijs APIs will delegate to stdlib functionality.
Involved Software
No other software is necessary.
Prerequisite Knowledge
JavaScript, Node.js.
Difficulty
Intermediate.
Project Length
90/175/350 hours. Can be scoped accordingly.
Idea
scijs is a collection of numerical and scientific computing packages and utilities for working with multi-dimensional array data. While stdlib has surpassed scijs in terms of breadth and depth of functionality, scijs still includes a good bit of widely used functionality. One of the points of friction within the JavaScript ecosystem is the lack of interoperability between stdlib and scijs.
The goal of this idea is to integrate stdlib into applicable scijs packages, and, where appropriate, to implement scijs operations in stdlib which are not currently present. This effort will entail updating various scijs packages to accept and operate on stdlib ndarrays, and where stdlib equivalents already exist, updating the current scijs implementations to delegate to stdlib implementations (e.g., see https://github.com/scijs/ndarray-fill, which, after standardizing input arguments, could delegate to
@stdlib/ndarray/fill).For those interested in this idea, you should
Expected Outcomes
Users will be able to use scijs APIs with stdlib ndarrays and, where appropriate, scijs APIs will delegate to stdlib functionality.
Involved Software
No other software is necessary.
Prerequisite Knowledge
JavaScript, Node.js.
Difficulty
Intermediate.
Project Length
90/175/350 hours. Can be scoped accordingly.