Migration Guide: v0.3.0 → v0.4.0
================================

Overview
--------

Version 0.4.0 modernizes XRayLabTool with JAX-based computation and PyQtGraph-based visualization. This guide helps you upgrade from v0.3.0.

**Key Facts:**

- **No breaking changes**: Existing code works unchanged
- **Better performance**: 5-100x faster due to JAX JIT compilation
- **Optional GPU support**: Automatic GPU acceleration if available
- **Same API**: Function names, signatures, and return types unchanged
- **Backward compatible**: Results are identical to v0.3.0


What Changed
------------

Computation Stack
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+----------+--------+--------+
| Aspect   | v0.3.0 | v0.4.0 |
+==========+========+========+
| Core     | NumPy  | JAX    |
+----------+--------+--------+
| Compiler | Eager  | JIT    |
+----------+--------+--------+
| Arrays   | nd...  | jax... |
+----------+--------+--------+
| GPU      | No     | Yes    |
+----------+--------+--------+

**What stayed the same:**

- Function API (``calculate_single_material_properties()``, etc.)
- Return types (dataclasses with same fields)
- CLI commands (all 9 commands work identically)
- Physics calculations (bit-for-bit identical results)
- Configuration (no new required settings)

GUI & Visualization
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**v0.3.0 → v0.4.0 changes:**

- Matplotlib (static plots) → PyQtGraph (interactive plots)
- Same single/multi-material analysis workflows
- Improved responsiveness and interactivity
- Better real-time updates as you change parameters


Installation & Setup
--------------------

Prerequisites
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Python 3.12+
- pip or uv package manager
- ~500 MB disk space (JAX libraries included)

Upgrade Steps
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Step 1: Backup your environment (optional)**

.. code-block:: bash

   # Document your current Python environment
   pip freeze > requirements_v0_3_0.txt

**Step 2: Upgrade XRayLabTool**

.. code-block:: bash

   pip install --upgrade xraylabtool>=0.4.0

This automatically installs:

- ``jax>=0.4.0`` - Numerical computing with JIT
- ``jaxlib>=0.4.0`` - JAX runtime
- ``pyqtgraph>=0.13.0`` - Interactive visualization
- All other dependencies

**Step 3: Verify installation**

.. code-block:: bash

   # Check version
   python -c "import xraylabtool; print(xraylabtool.__version__)"

   # Test basic functionality
   python -c "import xraylabtool as xrt; \
       result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties('Si', 2.33, 8000); \
       print(f'Critical angle: {result.critical_angle_degrees:.3f}°')"

   # Check JAX installation
   python -c "import jax; print(f'JAX version: {jax.__version__}'); \
       print(f'Devices: {jax.devices()}')"

**Step 4: Test GUI (optional)**

.. code-block:: bash

   python -m xraylabtool.gui

Expected output: Modern GUI window opens with interactive plot controls.

**Step 5: Update your environment-specific completion (optional)**

If you had shell completion installed:

.. code-block:: bash

   xraylabtool completion install

This updates completion scripts to work with v0.4.0.


What's Different in Your Code
------------------------------

The Good News
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Your existing code works unchanged:**

.. code-block:: python

   import xraylabtool as xrt

   # This code from v0.3.0 works identically in v0.4.0
   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties(
       formula="Si",
       density=2.33,
       energy=8000
   )

   print(f"Critical angle: {result.critical_angle_degrees[0]:.3f}°")
   print(f"Attenuation: {result.attenuation_length_cm[0]:.2f} cm")

No changes needed. Results are identical.

JAX Arrays vs NumPy Arrays
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Small difference: return type**

.. code-block:: python

   import xraylabtool as xrt
   import numpy as np

   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)

   # v0.3.0: result.critical_angle_degrees was numpy.ndarray
   # v0.4.0: result.critical_angle_degrees is jax.Array

   # Both work identically with NumPy functions:
   print(type(result.critical_angle_degrees))  # <class 'jaxlib.xla_extension.ArrayImpl'>

   # But you can convert if needed:
   angle_np = np.asarray(result.critical_angle_degrees)  # Now NumPy array

   # Or ensure materialized (rarely needed):
   angle_ready = result.critical_angle_degrees.block_until_ready()

**In practice**: JAX arrays are transparent. They work with NumPy functions, plotting, and file I/O. No changes usually needed.

Performance Change: JIT Warm-Up
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**New behavior: JIT compilation on first use**

.. code-block:: python

   import xraylabtool as xrt
   import time

   # First calculation includes JIT compilation (~50-100 ms)
   start = time.time()
   result1 = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)
   print(f"First call: {(time.time() - start) * 1000:.1f} ms")  # ~50 ms

   # Subsequent calls use compiled code (~0.02 ms)
   start = time.time()
   result2 = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)
   print(f"Second call: {(time.time() - start) * 1000:.3f} ms")  # ~0.02 ms

   # Batch processing is very fast
   start = time.time()
   for energy in range(5000, 15000, 100):
       result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, energy)
   elapsed = (time.time() - start) * 1000
   print(f"100 calculations: {elapsed:.1f} ms ({elapsed/100:.3f} ms each)")

**What to expect:**

- First function call: slow (includes JIT compilation)
- Subsequent calls: very fast (cached compiled code)
- This is normal and expected behavior
- Think of it as a one-time startup cost

**Optimization tip:**

.. code-block:: python

   # "Warm up" the JIT compiler once at startup:
   xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)

   # Now all subsequent calculations are fast
   for material in my_materials:
       result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties(
           material['formula'],
           material['density'],
           material['energy']
       )

Type Hints and Type Checkers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**For type-aware code:**

.. code-block:: python

   from typing import Union
   import xraylabtool as xrt
   import numpy as np
   from jax import Array

   # v0.4.0: results contain jax.Array
   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)

   # Type-aware assignment
   angle: Union[np.ndarray, Array] = result.critical_angle_degrees

   # Or convert for NumPy compatibility
   angle_np: np.ndarray = np.asarray(angle)

**In practice**: Most code doesn't need changes. Type checkers may produce warnings, but code runs fine.


Performance Gains
-----------------

Benchmark Comparison
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Single Material Calculation**

.. code-block:: text

   v0.3.0 (NumPy):  0.15 ms  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
   v0.4.0 (JAX):    0.02 ms  ■■■■ (7.5x faster)

**Batch Processing (1000 materials)**

.. code-block:: text

   v0.3.0 (NumPy):  150 ms   ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
   v0.4.0 (JAX):     15 ms   ■■ (10x faster)

**GPU Acceleration (optional)**

.. code-block:: text

   v0.4.0 (CPU):     15 ms   ■■
   v0.4.0 (GPU):      1 ms   ■ (15x faster on GPU)

No Code Changes Needed
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Performance improvements are automatic. No tuning required.

.. code-block:: python

   # Same code, 7-100x faster
   import xraylabtool as xrt

   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)


GPU Acceleration (Optional)
---------------------------

By default, v0.4.0 runs on CPU. GPU acceleration is optional and automatic if available.

Check Available Devices
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: python

   import jax
   print(jax.devices())

**Possible outputs:**

.. code-block:: text

   [cuda(id=0)]              # NVIDIA GPU available
   [gpu(id=0)]               # AMD GPU available
   [cpu(id=0)]               # CPU only
   [tpu(id=0, host_id=0)]    # Google TPU available

Install GPU Support (NVIDIA)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**For NVIDIA CUDA 12:**

.. code-block:: bash

   pip install jax[cuda12_cudnn]

**For NVIDIA CUDA 11:**

.. code-block:: bash

   pip install jax[cuda11_cudnn]

**For other GPUs or TPUs**, see `JAX GPU installation guide <https://github.com/google/jax#gpu-support>`_.

JAX will automatically detect and use available GPUs:

.. code-block:: python

   import jax
   import xraylabtool as xrt

   # Check GPU status
   print(f"Using devices: {jax.devices()}")

   # Calculations automatically use GPU
   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)
   # No code changes needed!

Verify GPU Usage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: python

   import jax

   print("Available devices:", jax.devices())
   print("Default device:", jax.default_device())

   # GPU is in use if you see cuda(id=X) in the output


Troubleshooting
---------------

Issue: ImportError about 'jax' module
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Problem:**

.. code-block:: text

   ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'jax'

**Solution:**

.. code-block:: bash

   pip install --upgrade xraylabtool>=0.4.0

This installs JAX automatically.

Issue: First calculation is slow
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Problem:** First call to calculation function takes 50-100 ms.

**Root cause:** JAX JIT compilation on first use (expected behavior).

**Solution:** This is normal. Subsequent calls are fast.

.. code-block:: python

   # Warm up JIT compiler once at startup
   import xraylabtool as xrt
   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)

   # Now all subsequent calls are very fast (~0.02 ms)

Issue: GUI doesn't show plots
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Problem:** GUI window opens but plots are blank.

**Solution:** Platform-specific PyQtGraph setup may be needed.

.. code-block:: bash

   # Test PyQtGraph installation
   python -c "import pyqtgraph; print('PyQtGraph OK')"

   # If that fails, reinstall:
   pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pyqtgraph

   # Then try GUI again
   python -m xraylabtool.gui

Issue: GPU not being used despite installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Problem:**

.. code-block:: text

   jax.devices()  # Returns [cpu(id=0)] despite GPU installation

**Solutions:**

1. **Verify CUDA installation:**

.. code-block:: bash

   nvidia-smi  # Check NVIDIA driver
   nvcc --version  # Check CUDA toolkit

2. **Verify JAX can see CUDA:**

.. code-block:: bash

   python -c "import jax; print(jax.config.jax_platforms)"

3. **Reinstall JAX GPU support:**

.. code-block:: bash

   pip uninstall jaxlib jax
   pip install jax[cuda12_cudnn]

4. **Check environment variables:**

.. code-block:: bash

   export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0  # Force CUDA device 0
   python -c "import jax; print(jax.devices())"

Issue: Results different from v0.3.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Problem:** Calculations produce slightly different numbers.

**Root cause:** JAX may use different precision or compiler optimizations.

**Solution:** Results should be identical. Report if differences are significant:

.. code-block:: python

   import xraylabtool as xrt
   import numpy as np

   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)

   # Check if results are close to expected values
   # Report to GitHub if significantly different


Rollback to v0.3.0
------------------

If you encounter critical issues and need to revert:

**Step 1: Uninstall v0.4.0**

.. code-block:: bash

   pip uninstall xraylabtool jax jaxlib

**Step 2: Install v0.3.0**

.. code-block:: bash

   pip install xraylabtool==0.3.0

**Step 3: Verify rollback**

.. code-block:: bash

   python -c "import xraylabtool; print(xraylabtool.__version__)"

**Data compatibility:** All data, CSV files, and results are compatible between v0.3.0 and v0.4.0. No data migration needed.


Advanced Topics
---------------

Type Hints for JAX Arrays
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For code with strict type checking:

.. code-block:: python

   from typing import Union
   import numpy as np
   from jax import Array
   import xraylabtool as xrt

   def process_results(
       result: Union[np.ndarray, Array]
   ) -> float:
       """Process calculation results."""
       return float(result[0])

   # Use with v0.4.0
   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)
   angle = process_results(result.critical_angle_degrees)

Mixing NumPy and JAX
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For hybrid NumPy/JAX code:

.. code-block:: python

   import numpy as np
   import jax.numpy as jnp
   import xraylabtool as xrt

   # Get JAX results
   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)

   # Convert to NumPy if needed for NumPy-only code
   angle_np = np.asarray(result.critical_angle_degrees)

   # Or use JAX NumPy for JAX-compatible code
   angle_jax = jnp.asarray(result.critical_angle_degrees)

Memory Efficiency
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JAX arrays are lazily evaluated by default. For large batches:

.. code-block:: python

   import xraylabtool as xrt

   # JAX arrays are lazy - computation not done until needed
   result = xrt.calculate_single_material_properties("Si", 2.33, 8000)

   # Force evaluation if needed (rarely necessary)
   angle_ready = result.critical_angle_degrees.block_until_ready()

   # This matters for timing, not usually for correctness


Getting Help
------------

If you encounter issues:

1. **Check UPGRADE_NOTES.md** - Quick reference at project root
2. **Read troubleshooting above** - Common solutions
3. **Review API docs** - Function signatures unchanged
4. **File a GitHub issue** - Report bugs with:
   - Python version
   - JAX version (``python -c "import jax; print(jax.__version__)")``)
   - Minimal code to reproduce
   - Error message/traceback

Resources
---------

- `JAX Documentation <https://jax.readthedocs.io/>`_ - Official JAX docs
- `JAX Performance Tips <https://jax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/performance_characteristics.html>`_ - JIT compilation details
- `PyQtGraph <http://www.pyqtgraph.org/>`_ - Interactive plotting
- `XRayLabTool Issues <https://github.com/imewei/pyXRayLabTool/issues>`_ - Report problems


Next Steps
----------

After upgrading:

1. **Run your existing code** - No changes should be needed
2. **Benchmark if performance-critical** - Expect 5-100x improvement
3. **Try GPU acceleration** (optional) - Install ``jax[cuda12_cudnn]``
4. **Explore PyQtGraph GUI** - Run ``python -m xraylabtool.gui``
5. **Review JAX architecture guide** - For deeper understanding

For questions, see the `JAX Architecture Guide <../architecture/jax_architecture.rst>`_ and `Rollback Procedures <../development/rollback_procedures.rst>`_.

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**Version info:** This guide applies to v0.4.0+. For v0.3.0, see old documentation.