I'm at a stage where I need to merge some of the code from the various branches. There are now so many sub-projects in this work that it will become unmanageable unless care is taken to organize everything properly.  
The inter-application protocol is already in one file and is shared between the modules. However, configIO, utilmath, and code other code dealing with transfer function editing and encoding need to be unified. One new piece that I will likely write today is a class that abstracts transfer function information. This class will also provide a toString-like function for use in network transmission. 
 
Friday I will try to launch the entire system for the first time. I will begin by testing the following 
 
-Communication from each application to the head node. 
-Communication from the head node to each app. 
-Using the app-switcher to do an initial application launch. 
-Using the app-switcher to kill one application and switch to another.