Initial steps taken

* First rough GUI layout
* Added widget for OpenGL context
* Using dedicated working directories
* Adjusted .gitignore

.gitignore

 # patterns
 *~
-ui_*.h
 
 # files
 .project
@@ -10,5 +9,7 @@ PulsatingScience
 
 
 # folders
-debug/
-release/
\ No newline at end of file
+.moc/
+.ui/
+.rcc/
+.obj/
\ No newline at end of file

pulsatingscience.pro

@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@ TARGET = PulsatingScience
 QT += core \
     gui \
     opengl
-HEADERS += src/pulsatingscience.h
-SOURCES += src/pulsatingscience.cpp \
+HEADERS += src/pulsaranimationwidget.h \
+    src/pulsatingscience.h
+SOURCES += src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp \
+    src/pulsatingscience.cpp \
     src/main.cpp
 FORMS += src/pulsatingscience.ui
 RESOURCES += src/pulsatingscience.qrc
+UI_DIR = src/.ui
+RCC_DIR  = src/.rcc
+MOC_DIR = src/.moc
+OBJECTS_DIR = src/.obj
\ No newline at end of file

src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp

+/******************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2008 by Oliver Bock                                        *
+ *   oliver.bock[AT]aei.mpg.de                                                *
+ *                                                                            *
+ *   This file is part of PulsatingScience.                                   *
+ *                                                                            *
+ *   PulsatingScience is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published        *
+ *   by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.               *
+ *                                                                            *
+ *   PulsatingScience is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of           *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the             *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                             *
+ *                                                                            *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License        *
+ *   along with PulsatingScience. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
+ *                                                                            *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+#include "pulsaranimationwidget.h"
+
+PulsarAnimationWidget::PulsarAnimationWidget(QWidget *parent) : QGLWidget(parent)
+{
+
+}
+
+PulsarAnimationWidget::~PulsarAnimationWidget()
+{
+
+}
+
+void PulsarAnimationWidget::initializeGL()
+{
+
+}
+
+void PulsarAnimationWidget::resizeGL(int w, int h)
+{
+
+}
+
+void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL() {
+
+}

src/pulsaranimationwidget.h

+/******************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2008 by Oliver Bock                                        *
+ *   oliver.bock[AT]aei.mpg.de                                                *
+ *                                                                            *
+ *   This file is part of PulsatingScience.                                   *
+ *                                                                            *
+ *   PulsatingScience is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published        *
+ *   by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.               *
+ *                                                                            *
+ *   PulsatingScience is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of           *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the             *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                             *
+ *                                                                            *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License        *
+ *   along with PulsatingScience. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
+ *                                                                            *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef PULSARANIMATIONWIDGET_H_
+#define PULSARANIMATIONWIDGET_H_
+
+#include <QGLWidget>
+
+class PulsarAnimationWidget : public QGLWidget
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	PulsarAnimationWidget(QWidget *parent);
+	virtual ~PulsarAnimationWidget();
+
+protected:
+
+    void initializeGL();
+
+    void resizeGL(int w, int h);
+
+    void paintGL();
+};
+
+#endif /* PULSARANIMATIONWIDGET_H_ */

src/pulsatingscience.cpp

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 PulsatingScience::PulsatingScience(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 {
 	ui.setupUi(this);
+	ui.menuView->addAction(ui.dockAnimControl->toggleViewAction());
 }
 
 PulsatingScience::~PulsatingScience()

src/pulsatingscience.qrc

 <RCC>
   <qresource prefix="icons" >
+    <file>resources/control-pause.png</file>
+    <file>resources/control-quit.png</file>
+    <file>resources/control-run.png</file>
+    <file>resources/control-stop.png</file>
+    <file>resources/help-about.png</file>
+    <file>resources/help-help.png</file>
+    <file>resources/help-website.png</file>
     <file>resources/aei-icon48.png</file>
   </qresource>
 </RCC>

src/pulsatingscience.ui

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>800</width>
+    <width>550</width>
     <height>600</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
@@ -16,21 +16,178 @@
    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
     <normaloff>:/icons/resources/aei-icon48.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/aei-icon48.png</iconset>
   </property>
-  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget" />
-  <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menubar" >
+  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget" >
+   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout" >
+    <item row="0" column="0" >
+     <widget class="PulsarAnimationWidget" native="1" name="widget" />
+    </item>
+   </layout>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar" />
+  <widget class="QDockWidget" name="dockAnimControl" >
+   <property name="features" >
+    <set>QDockWidget::AllDockWidgetFeatures</set>
+   </property>
+   <property name="windowTitle" >
+    <string>Animation Control</string>
+   </property>
+   <attribute name="dockWidgetArea" >
+    <number>8</number>
+   </attribute>
+   <widget class="QWidget" name="dockWidgetContents" >
+    <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2" >
+     <item row="0" column="0" >
+      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout" >
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label" >
+         <property name="text" >
+          <string>Spin Frequency:</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QSlider" name="sliderSpinFrequency" >
+         <property name="orientation" >
+          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QLCDNumber" name="lcdSpinFrequency" />
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
+   </widget>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menuBar" >
    <property name="geometry" >
     <rect>
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
-     <width>800</width>
+     <width>550</width>
      <height>21</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
+   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuView" >
+    <property name="title" >
+     <string>View</string>
+    </property>
    </widget>
-  <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar" />
+   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuHelp" >
+    <property name="title" >
+     <string>Help</string>
+    </property>
+    <addaction name="actionHelp" />
+    <addaction name="actionWebsite" />
+    <addaction name="separator" />
+    <addaction name="actionAbout" />
+   </widget>
+   <widget class="QMenu" name="menuControl" >
+    <property name="title" >
+     <string>Control</string>
+    </property>
+    <addaction name="actionRun" />
+    <addaction name="actionPause" />
+    <addaction name="actionStop" />
+    <addaction name="separator" />
+    <addaction name="actionQuit" />
+   </widget>
+   <addaction name="menuControl" />
+   <addaction name="menuView" />
+   <addaction name="menuHelp" />
+  </widget>
+  <action name="actionWebsite" >
+   <property name="icon" >
+    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
+     <normaloff>:/icons/resources/help-website.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/help-website.png</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Website</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionAbout" >
+   <property name="icon" >
+    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
+     <normaloff>:/icons/resources/help-about.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/help-about.png</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>About</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionQuit" >
+   <property name="icon" >
+    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
+     <normaloff>:/icons/resources/control-quit.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/control-quit.png</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Quit</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionRun" >
+   <property name="icon" >
+    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
+     <normaloff>:/icons/resources/control-run.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/control-run.png</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Run</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionStop" >
+   <property name="icon" >
+    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
+     <normaloff>:/icons/resources/control-stop.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/control-stop.png</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Stop</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionPause" >
+   <property name="icon" >
+    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
+     <normaloff>:/icons/resources/control-pause.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/control-pause.png</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Pause</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionHelp" >
+   <property name="icon" >
+    <iconset resource="pulsatingscience.qrc" >
+     <normaloff>:/icons/resources/help-help.png</normaloff>:/icons/resources/help-help.png</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Help</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>PulsarAnimationWidget</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>src/pulsaranimationwidget.h</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="pulsatingscience.qrc" />
  </resources>
- <connections/>
+ <connections>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>actionQuit</sender>
+   <signal>activated()</signal>
+   <receiver>PulsatingScienceClass</receiver>
+   <slot>close()</slot>
+   <hints>
+    <hint type="sourcelabel" >
+     <x>-1</x>
+     <y>-1</y>
+    </hint>
+    <hint type="destinationlabel" >
+     <x>274</x>
+     <y>299</y>
+    </hint>
+   </hints>
+  </connection>
+ </connections>
 </ui>