Broh5’s documentation
Broh5 is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) software for viewing HDF/H5/NXS files. Unlike previous viewers built with various languages and platforms, Broh5’s UI components are based on web browsers but the software written entirely in Python, thanks to the NiceGUI framework.
Source code: https://github.com/algotom/broh5
Author: Nghia T. Vo - NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, US.
Keywords: HDF Viewer, Browser-based GUI.
Features
A browser-based GUI software for viewing HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) file written in pure Python with minimal codebase.
The software provides essential tools for viewing hdf files such as: displaying tree structures or paths to datasets/groups; and presenting datasets as values, images, plots, or tables. Users also can save datasets to images or csv formats.
Broh5 can view compressed hdf files by using compressors from hdf5plugin.
The codebase is designed using the RUI (Rendering-Utilities-Interactions) concept, which is known as the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern in the GUI development community. The name ‘MVC’ may not be very intuitive for those new to GUI development. However, this design allows for the development of complex software and makes it easier to extend its capabilities.
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