Thanks Richard, At this point the proof of concept is that the javascript is working and the next step is to put together a working user interface. Thanks for supplying the bug report, as it will be helpful in reaching our goal which is to try and replicate a jQt style environment.
Cheers, bob > On Feb 15, 2022, at 23:02, Richard Donovan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess you guys know this but the J playground has a bug in iOS Safari in > which tapping on a line and pressing enter not only brings the line down but > also executes it, rendering it impossible to bring down a line and then edit > it before execution. > > Please let me know if there is another way to achieve what I want to do! > > Richard Donovan > >> On 11 Feb 2022, at 22:26, 'robert therriault' via Programming >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Present: Art Anger, Will Gajate, Raul Miller, Bob Therriault. >> >> Will updated the progress made on the J playground. It is now up and running >> for your consideration. https://wgajate.github.io/jsource/bin/html/emj.html >> During the meeting we temporarily switched the font to Courier, which >> improved the display of boxed types. Next steps will be to work on the IDE >> so that it is closer to the JHS or IDE approach of menus across the top of >> the area. A future target will be to enable the foreign conjunctions that >> may be necessary in order to include labs in the playground. >> >> Bob previewed the draft version of the billboard video which was put up on >> YouTube just before the meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV936cVrN0I >> . It was received well, with Art pointing out that the reference to pipes >> linking to the plumber's metaphor might need to be a bit stronger and that >> there definitely needs to be a pause and restart option when viewing as >> there is a lot of information that would face the newcomer. This >> functionality is available if we host with YouTube, but if we choose to host >> J's servers would need to have a interface written that allows for that. >> Raul pointed out that we should have a link at the end of the video for the >> resources, but upon further investigation Bob doesn't meet the requirements >> to be a Youtube associate, which means clickable links are not available. In >> a future version, Bob will include at least a web address for those who are >> not already on the wiki when they are viewing. What is more interesting is >> the response that it has got from the wider array programming community. To >> begin, even before we finished the meeting YouTube provided this excellent >> critical response. >> >> Brian Rice >> Okay this is a good script, and the pacing is also great. I admire J, but >> this made me feel more like I could like J. >> But I think you should work on your audio, whether it’s microphone choice or >> placement, or in audio processing, an audio track with fewer or softer mouth >> noises will be less distracting and help people focus more easily on your >> message. >> >> At the time of writing, this has been followed by: >> >> Programming Siri >> Thanks, I love J. More of these please, especially tacit programs >> >> Rodrigo Girão Serrão >> Watching this made me want to quit APL, Python, and all other languages, and >> just pick up J (: >> >> michaelmanti >> Brilliant video, Bob. Really shows off what's so attractive about J for >> analytical use cases--even those where the data aren't numbers. >> >> And then it was put up on the APL_farm discord (a forum for APL,K,BQN and >> J), where current array programming enthusiasts responded. >> >> South — Yesterday at 5:24 PM >> damn yeah this video rocks. i laughed when i saw how easy it is to plot data >> milia — Yesterday at 10:12 PM >> What a great teaser ! Great work Bob ! Can we share this already online ? >> awagga — Today at 5:02 AM >> Totally a great video, I'm almost convinced to switch ;) >> rak1507 — Today at 9:18 AM >> really nice video love the emphasis on just doing things simply and easily >> xash — Today at 11:03 AM >> To repeat what other have said: really nice video! Showed it some colleagues >> and they are finally interested in J now, my ramblings weren't as effective. >> >> In any case, we are more interested in the response of users of the forum as >> well, but also any non-array programmers who you might know. >> >> The next topic was the J wiki landing page. I had not done much work on it >> in the last week and plan put more attention to it in the coming week. This >> brought up a discussion on how to make changes to the wiki while it is still >> in use. A bit like constructing an airplane in flight. Art suggested >> parallel wikis. Bob wondered if that would be effective, since people tend >> to stay with what they know even when the new thing has benefits. This will >> be a discussion that continues as we get closer to putting in these changes. >> >> As always, if any of this is of interest to you, let us know on the general >> forum and we can include you in invitations to the next J wiki meeting on >> February 17th, 2022. Any comments that you have on the report should also be >> addressed to the general forum. >> >> Previous reports can be found here: >> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Wiki_Development >> >> Cheers, bob >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
