[Post :07] Starting with NetLogo

 When I first saw the NetLogo program, my first impression was not a good one. Because it looks so old. But then I saw the simulations that have been developed using it I changed my mind. Once you install NetLogo, all these simulations are also going to be available under File-> Models Library (Ctrl+M).

NetLogo Interface

If installing NetLogo is not an option, it is possible to use the online version of NetLogo in the browser as well. Click this link to access the web version.

One feature that made me like NetLogo is the scripting language that needs to be used to develop the models (Initially I was trying to develop a simulator just for my simulation from scratch using Python. So I knew how hard it is to create a fully functioning simulator). When I was reading the code, it was almost reading like a sentence written in English. Because each word explained what it was supposed to do. Check the following sample line which can be used to find if there is a target around a specific agent.

So developing a model to simulate my algorithm is going to be far less complicated than I expected.

(PS: I was wrong)