Viz tool integration

[mayankchetan]

Purpose

This PR adds the WEIS output visualization tool. This was developed in support of a WEIS Q3 milestone.

Type of change

What types of change is it? Select the appropriate type(s) that describe this PR

• [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• [X] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• [ ] Breaking change (non-backwards-compatible fix or feature)
• [ ] Code style update (formatting, renaming)
• [ ] Refactoring (no functional changes, no API changes)
• [ ] Documentation update
• [ ] Maintenance update
• [ ] Other (please describe)

Testing

Currently being tested manually on Kestrel (NREL's HPS system). Need to implement an automated system.

Checklist

• [x] I have run existing tests which pass locally with my changes
• [ ] I have added new tests or examples that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• [ ] I have added necessary documentation
• [ ] Need to solve issue reading SQL files introduced in #288. Temp solution implemented. @cfrontin, could use your support here.
• [x] Implement text box input on homepage to accept path to the visualization input file. @sora-ryu
• [ ] Pass turbine figure object from raft to enable 3D view. @mayankchetan

The Visualization tool was primarily developed by @sora-ryu

[yonghoonlee]

@mayankchetan I get the following error:

python mainApp.py --port 80 --host localhost --debug False --yaml test.yaml
/Users/yonghoonlee/work/WEIS-Visualization/weis/visualization/utils.py:601: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
  df = pd.read_csv(file_path, skiprows=[0,1,2,3,4,5,7], sep='\s+')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/yonghoonlee/work/WEIS-Visualization/weis/visualization/appServer/app/mainApp.py", line 47, in <module>
    dcc.Store(id='input-dict', data=parse_yaml(args.yaml)),
                                               ^^^^
NameError: name 'args' is not defined

Would you please take a look at this? Thank you.

[mayankchetan]

Thank you, @yonghoonlee, I'm looking into this. We are also working on updating the documentation to reflect the newer changes.

[yonghoonlee]

@mayankchetan and @sora-ryu,

I wanted to follow the README.md on the appServer but app/test.yaml file is missing. Would you please guide me how I can create this file? Thank you.