Skip, thanks for sharing. Google docs is a great way to collaborate on a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are pretty good at many things. Many of the applications I've written over the years were to replace spreadsheets. I'm thinking a custom JHS app can improve some aspects of the experience.
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote: > Joe, > > Your Holiday gift tracker reminded me of what my 7-year old grandson is > doing for his Christmas want list this year. His dad is a Google reseller, > so grandson has a locked-down old Android tablet to play with. He figured > out how to create a Christmas list in a Google doc (26 items, including a > $150 > robot dog <https://goo.gl/Tlik9V>), and then shared the list doc with all > the relatives (the tablet wasn't as locked-down as his dad thought). > Relatives can check off the item on the list that they bought, so there is > no duplication (It's a Google doc, so updates are visible immediately by > all viewers). I'm impressed. > > Skip > > Skip Cave > Cave Consulting LLC > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 6:09 AM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Following up on a recent thread[1] about ideas for a community-built JHS > > app, I figured it'd be best in chat for now. > > > > As I was hanging up Christmas lights this weekend (early, I know), I > > started to get into the holiday spirit which served as an inspiration > > > > Ideas. > > > > 1. Holiday Gift Tracker > > > > Track people and gifts to buy. Input a person's name and a total desired > > amount and then enter the line items. The app will keep a running total > per > > person and total spend amount. Include a few graphs to show J's > capability > > to visualize data > > > > > > 2. Advent of Code inspired code-sharing app > > > > Share a coding challenge and encourage others to participate by sharing > > setup code, test cases, and the solutions > > > > This idea came from participating in the Advent of Code[2] last year. It > > was good fun. Since we are all using the same language, we could post the > > challenge (or link to it) each day to the JHS app. The app could be > used > > for other community purposes down the road: > > > > Features: > > 2.1. A user can post or link to a problem description > > 2.2. A user can post or link to code to set up the problem (e.g. set up > > initial arrays or parse an external file > > 2.3. A user can post code to validate the solution (e.g. test cases) > > 2.3. Other users can share their solutions and see other's solutions that > > have been made available > > 2.4. Other users can amend the list of test cases > > 2.5 A user can run a solution on their own computer (need to think > through > > security implications here.... At least make sure they can review code > > before running it) > > > > > > > > > > Do either of these ideas sound interesting to the community? I'll keep > > fishing if not > > > > Thanks, > > Joe > > > > > > 1 - http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2016- > > October/046023.html > > 2 - http://adventofcode.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
