We are a group of students of chemical engineering mostly proficient in MATLAB and Simulink but with almost no clue of web programming.
Our idea is to develop some online examples by using interactive graphics with dynamic effects and 2D/3D simulations. We know that MATLAB has some solutions but the compilers are not available for the student version. Furthermore, we want to promote the use of free open source alternatives (SciLab, Octave, NumPy)
Ideally, we would like to use a 4GL which includes a free library for numeric analysis and combine it with graphic user interface framework for web applications.
An good example will be Easy Java Simulations that generates java code and can be easily implemented online. However, we are looking for something that can be executed without java or another plugin (see google chart tool)
Although we are willing to learn (Python, Java), we would like to start with the easiest solution towards a painless transition for a chemical engineer ;)
We will really appreciate our recommendations and suggestions!
Your best shot is to buy the product Matlab Builder NE. You can use WebFigures to seamlessly create web applications from your Matlab application.