Oh wow! This is quite lovely. Definitely an improvement so far, in my book.
I believe that the one included in try-racket is mostly based upon the Quick Guide: http://docs.racket-lang.org/quick/ The examples are largely similar, I think just a few things were tweaked or abbreviated. The state of the web front-end is mostly unmodified because I simply didn't have much in the way of web-design skills when I took on the project. I treated the JS side in particular as little more than a black box. I've picked up some JS/HTML since, but my skills as an admin or a web dev still leave a lot to be desired. Ultimately, my interest has always been in just seeing to it that there was a high-quality online repl available for Racket somewhere, and at the time, none was hosted, so I took up the repo because I needed to be able to easily push changes to get it working. This is all just a rambling lead up to say that I really like what you've done with the thing, and to be perfectly honest would be quite happy to hand over the domain. On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Floyd Arguello <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you! > > They are enjoying Racket - Realm of Racket is a phenomenal book. > > Floyd > > On Feb 25, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This is really nicely done! I hope your daughters are enjoying Racket > as well. :) > > Sam > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Floyd Arguello > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found that my daughters had a lot of questions when they went through > the > tutorial at http://try-racket.org/ - what’s a function? What’s a binding? > Lambda? Lexical scope? > > So, I thought I’d create an alternative to try-racket - for kids ages 12 > and > up, give or take. > > With that in mind, I forked https://github.com/jarcane/try-racket, > applied a > new design, and added: > > * the bootstrap js framework > * the ability to clear and reset the console (doesn’t clear pictures yet) > * multi-line entries in the console - auto indents at 2 spaces (needs more > work) > > I also removed “context” from the error messages - to keep the errors short > and sweet. > > It’s very much a work in progress, but you can see it here: > http://trycode.io/ > > As for the content, one idea is to rewrite the tutorial for a younger, less > experienced crowd, and use the “info” box in the lower left to provide > additional information, terminology, context, etc… > > Another idea is to write a simple, text-based game; though it lacks the > instant gratification of a picture appearing in the console. > > Any ideas/feedback? > > Anyone want to pitch in? :) > > https://github.com/arguello/trycode.io > > Thanks, > Floyd > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > >
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