About SilverLab
First of all: SilverLab is free.
Secondly, SilverLab is the first online MatLab®-like tool to be used for numerical
calculations and as a programming language. It uses a subset of the MatLab language
which makes it easy for previous users of Matlab®, GNU-Octave or Scilab to adapt
to SilverLab.
By offering SilverLab online there are some important advantages over existing software
that needs to be installed on the client computer:
- Many companies have a very strict IT-policy preventing employees from downloading
and installing software. SilverLab runs in the browser which means no potential
security risk for companies and other users.
- Users automatically get access to the latest version of SilverLab without the need
of any installation since the application only needs to be updated on the server.
SilverLab has been developed by db5 Dynamics AB which is a software company that
also provides solutions for optimization, simulation, and modeling of industrial
processes.
The first version, SilverLab beta 1 was released March 5, 2009.
- Even though SilverLab covers all the needs of the typical Matlab® user it should
be noted that SilverLab uses a subset of the Matlab® language. The syntax
section shows which functions, operators and constants that is currently
supported in SilverLab.
- In SilverLab variables needs to be declared before they are used. This is common
practice in most programming languages and also adopted by SilverLab.
- The SilverLab command window does not accept multiline expressions.