Bubbles that are too big would be a code smell and a hint that something needs refactored.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Alexey Zinger <[email protected]>wrote: > I gotta say, this is the first IDE I want to use. Yes, I know, I haven't > actually tried it, so it's a bit premature for such judgments, but I can't > help but feel enthralled. I'm a little concerned about what it'll feel like > to work on longer methods, where vertical scrolling is necessary. I guess > in that situation your bubble takes up as much vertical real estate as you > can give it and then if the user would probably start moving its sibling > bubbles to the side to give it maximum height. I guess it could work... > > As far as a paradigm shift, I don't see it. Both in IDE's and in plain > text editors, it seems most people spend a lot of time referencing API docs, > other snippets of relevant code, often looking at the same set of snippets > of code for any given problem, etc. I think this thing matches the current > paradigm perfect, but with a better execution than what's on the market > presently. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Brian Ehmann <[email protected]> > *To:* The Java Posse <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thu, March 11, 2010 11:31:35 AM > *Subject:* [The Java Posse] Re: Code Bubbles: A really weird new IDE. > (Posse: Interview this guy!) > > I really like its approach. The UI appears to intuitively allow a > developer to narrow their focus to the parts of the code that are > absolutely necessary in order to accomplish a given task. Also, the > ability to send a serialized copy of a given section of my workspace > to another developer is another plus. Its strikes me as the next > evolutionary step from pastbin since you can build out the context of > the message you are trying to get across with the appropriate code > fragments, notes, and flags. > > Unfortunately, going from seeing entire source files in a project tree > to functions in a bubble is such a radical change that I wonder if it > will be difficult for developers to adapt their practices in order to > take advantage of the features of Code Bubbles. > > - Brian > > > On Mar 11, 6:00 am, Johannes Thönes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yes I agreed. It is a very interesting approach. And I would love to > > hear an interview about this. > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I stumbled on this video of Code Bubbles in action: > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsPX0nElJ0k > > > > > and was quite amazed. I'm not sure if its pragmatic to have so little > > > signal-to-noise when actually typing new code, but there's easy > > > solutions around this. Basically, your IDE is an effectively boundless > > > plane and the granularity of editing anything isn't per-file but per- > > > method/class, with the method/classes actual location just metadata, > > > with the IDE sorting it all into the appropriate files internally. > > > Navigating anywhere is primarily via a search-in-everything keyboard > > > box, and code appears in bubbles on this infinite plane. If you do > > > things like "visit declaration", the declaration opens, but in a new > > > bubble, visible together with the original code, instead of what most > > > current IDEs do, which is to open a new 'tab' and replace the view > > > entirely. It would also be an _amazing_ pair programming / code review > > > IDE if only you could all work in one plane, each having their own > > > little section in it, with you able to freely travel to someone else's > > > space. Unfortunately from the video it seems like all you can do is > > > email workspace layouts around, but that too could be addressed, I > > > guess. > > > > > Later on in the video a debug session is started which really does > > > look amazing (for code editing I'm not entirely convinced yet, but > > > that looks like a fantastic debugger!) > > > > > I know discussions about "Why are code editors still a glorified dumb > > > terminal" show up from time to time and this is certainly something > > > new. > > > > > There isn't a download yet; more info is here: > > >http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/acb/codebubbles_site.htm > > > > > I wouldn't mind seeing an interview of Andrew Bragdon about this :) > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "The Java Posse" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+ > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Johannes Thönes > > johannes.thoenes[at]googlemail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+ > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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