== Report of Meeting 2023-09-07 == Present: Art Anger, Ed Gottsman, Devon McCormick, and Bob Therriault
Full transcripts of this meeting are now available on the its wiki page. https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Wiki/Report_of_Meeting_2023-09-07 1) Ed did a quick overview of the J Wiki Browser for Devon and reviewed the feedback that he had received on the application, which was very positive. There was a discussion about the interface and the use of ticks in the sliders. The database is currently only being updated once a day and this was deemed sufficient at this time. 2) It was agreed that more beta testers were needed and it was suggested that Ed make a presentation at the next NYCJUG meeting and that Bob would promote the beta test opportunities on the next ArrayCast podcast. 3) Further discussion on the role that categories could play in selecting areas of interest within the LiveSearch on the wiki browser. Possibilities were that certain high level categories might be selected to group the results of LiveSearch into common areas such as Math, Newcomers, Developers etc. Devon raised a concern about the absence of a feedback mechanism in the search tool, which Ed confirmed. Bob mentioned a comment on the YouTube demo regarding the reversal of the expand and shrink buttons. Ed pointed out that this could cause a conflict when the cursor hovers over the browser window, causing it to expand if it had just been shrunk. 3) Bob reviewed the work that he had done on the J Primer with regard to improved navigation and bringing he content up to date. Content changes required included the new manner of creating GUI forms in JQt, a change to the file structure for loading files in newer versions of J, and verbs such as nub count that had not been included in the J libraries since 2007. Bob had checked the results of each step of the Primer using J9.4 in the JQt IDE. Bob will present the new version of the J Primer during the NYCJUG meeting in the Beginner's Regatta section. Bob also said that he would take a look at including the direct definition {{...}} in a future version of the Primer 4) There was a discussion about integrating J into web pages to increase its utility. Bob mentioned JHS as a form that does this, but would require the J engine to be downloaded. Although, this week Eric had updated the methods of putting a J server on an AWS instance so that it could serve as a remote personal J server. https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation/Cloud There was further discussion about including a version of the Primer on the J Playground to allow easier access to newcomers. For access to previous meeting reports https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Wiki_Development If you would like to participate in the development of the J wiki please contact us on the general forum and we will get you an invitation to the next J wiki meeting held on Thursdays at 23:00 (UTC) Next meeting is September 14th, 2023. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
