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-# Classhopper
+# Glasshopper
 
-(WIP) Web-based grasshopper client. Future goals include an interactive glossary and guided lessons.
+*The grasshopper glossary. It's grasshopper, but just a little more transparent.*
 
-Code in `master` branch available [here](https://classhopper-co.web.app). Backend availability (rhino compute server that generates solutions) is extremely limited while I focus efforts on the frontend experience.
+Glasshopper is a web-based grasshopper client powered by [svgar](https://github.com/cdriesler/svgar) in the frontend and [resthopper](https://github.com/cdriesler/compute.rhino3d/blob/master/src/compute.geometry/ResthopperEndpoints.cs) in the backend. 
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+![](glasshopper_map.png)
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+## Scope
+
+This project began as a simple proof-of-concept that completed in January 2020. I made a number of poor architectural decisions during this experimental phase, though, that prevented an immediate transition to a usable tool. (Unless you're ok using only 10 components at a time before chrome dies.) I'm currently improving the backbone graphics library, [svgar](https://github.com/cdriesler/svgar), and planning features for the next version of the project.
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+**February 2020**
+
+- [ ] Dramatically improve performance of svgar's render loop
+- [X] Enable svgar to render a 3D scene
+- [ ] Adopt rhino3dm.js as svgar's geometry system
+- [ ] Reduce payload size of [resthopper.js](https://github.com/cdriesler/resthopper)
+
+**March 2020**
+
+- [ ] Give glasshopper a facelift
+- [ ] Add database to allow snippets to be saved and shared
+- [ ] Convert the graph layer from 2D svgar to responsive native divs
+- [ ] Convert the scene layer from three.js to 3D svgar
+
+## How to run
+
+Glasshopper is *not* comfortable to use in its current state. You can't even delete components. But if you would like to mess with it, you can serve it locally with the following steps:
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+- Install [node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/)
+- Clone or download this repository
+- Create a file named `.env` in the main directory
+- Paste `VUE_APP_COMPUTE_SERVER=http://localhost:8081/rhino/grasshopper/evaluate` in that file and save
+- Open a command prompt in the main directory
+- Run `npm install`
+- Run `npm run serve`
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+Vue should build and serve the web application. But in order to generate results, you also need to run the rhino compute server. To do so, clone or download [this](https://github.com/cdriesler/compute.rhino3d) repository and follow the steps outlined by McNeel [here](https://github.com/cdriesler/compute.rhino3d/blob/master/docs/installation.md).
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+The next version will be hosted online, I promise.