[dorkbotpdx-blabber] REMINDER: Pd workshop this Sunday.

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Thomas Lockney <thomas at lockney.net> wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Ward Cunningham <ward at c2.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am thinking about what Codosome-3 should be. I would like to make it a
>> server based tool (probably in rails, but maybe scala) that uses advanced
>> web programming (probably in jQuery) to configure library
>> components/generators in an edit/download cycle of only a few seconds. I'm
>> attracted to a web implementation because it simplifies sharing (inspired by
>> wiki).
>> I would be interested in collaborating with folks on such a project,
>> especially if they are more interested in exploring a new space than getting
>> done quickly.
>
> This sounds very interesting. If you take the Scala route, I might be
> interested in collaborating both for the rationale of making a tool like
> this work and to give me a solid project to really let Scala sink in a bit
> deeper.

How low-level a UI are you all willing to put up with here? I got the
impression that Hans was looking for a "visual programming toolset" to
chain blocks together. There are plenty of low-level tools, like Forth
and C, for this sort of thing. You can even do things like Zed Shaw's
"Project EaRing".
(http://www.zedshaw.com/repository/rubyenrails2008/build/rubyenrails_2008.pdf)
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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
http://www.linkedin.com/in/edborasky

I've never met a happy clam. In fact, most of them were pretty steamed.