Announcing Magnificalc!! (Logo released, too!)

This is my first post to the Magnificalc developer's log. Here, I provide in-depth technical updates as to how Magnificalc is coming along.

For those who don't know, Magnificalc is a project that will accomplish the following goals:

• An advanced graphing calculator (equivalent to TI-89 in terms of functionality)
• An Android app (>= 2.1 Eclair, or API level 7) to make it portable
• Modularity in a calculator. Functions will be able to be added and removed, making it a completely modular, do-it-all calculator.

The Magnificalc logo consists of a bay-leaf with a large letter "M" and several mathematical symbols.

Magnificalc will be written in Java and Scala programming languages. The Gradle build system is also used to make the development nice and agile. There will be lots posted about Scala and Gradle, and I hope to eventually write an e-book: Learning the Java Virtual Machine through Practical Technologies: Gradle, Scala, Spring Framework, and SWT. Follow this blog's posts through the Atom feed if you want to track the progress, and don't forget to like it on Facebook too!