There does seem to be a wide range of opinion on the usefulness of the labs, but I'm glad to have them around, wherever they're hiding.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian wrote: > "Normal use" for me invariably means referring to sample code. > > Especially when using addons, i.e. all the time. > > > Funny what constitutes “normal use” for different people! > > I may have opened the Labs in my first few weeks of using J (was that > 2001? wow.), but I haven’t since. > > I don’t find the interactive/pagination workflow of Labs conducive for > reference material. It’s tutorial material. I believe the intended use case > for Labs is you go through any given Lab once or twice, but once you > internalize the lesson, you put it on the shelf. > > For reference material, i.e. “normal use” for me, I use the Dictionary, > Wiki, and Forum search tool, supplemented by open’scriptname’ where > needed (though sadly we’re missing edit’functioname’ from the good old > days). > > -Dan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
