I think the ultimate 5 minute experience is a combination of: 1. Video
- Here is Kona's intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmiq47E5N-w and - Here is a Kona's "wow" factor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBXsCeW9qfc(we could do the same with the latest websockets implementation fairly easily I think) 2. REPL - http://tryclj.com/ - http://www.tryfsharp.org/ 3. Some simple examples: - http://coffeescript.org/ - http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Studio/SimpleExamples - http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Studio/TasteofJPart1 4. Cheat sheet / quick reference - http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/julia/ or http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/javascript/ - http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/HenryRich?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=J602_RefCard_color_letter_current.pdf - http://www.jsoftware.com/books/pdf/brief.pdf A new person wants to likely see it, try it, and expand on it in a few minutes to get a feel for the language and power. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 12:05 AM, robert therriault <bobtherria...@mac.com>wrote: > Thanks Murray for providing the links. > > I agree Don, but I wonder if the goal of J in 5 minutes is not to teach > someone J, but to make them want to learn J. > > Not unlike a movie trailer, which has the job of making you want to go see > the movie, without giving away the story. > > Cheers bob > > On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:02 PM, Don Guinn <dongu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Just viewed the videos by Cliff Hastings for Wolfram. Surprised to see > that > > there looked like an error in the second video on making a first order > fit > > showing the line going above the origin when x=0. Later it showed it > > correctly. Sent him a note about that. > > > > But what really bothers me about demos like this is that they look so > easy > > when they do it, but if I were to try to do it I wouldn't know where to > > start. He implied that one could do it without knowing much of anything > of > > their system. I really get tired of videos like this where they type > really > > fast and it looks so easy if one just knew their system well, but I > usually > > don't. If I was presented that screen and wanted to do what he did I > > wouldn't have a clue what to do. > > > > We need to present similar videos on J, but somehow we need to make it > > obvious and logical as to what to do. His video was neat, but could I do > it > > as quickly and easily as he did it without putting in hours, possibly > days > > learning their system? I doubt it. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Murray Eisenberg <mur...@math.umass.edu > >wrote: > > > >> If you'd like to see what a good quick demo looks like, done by one guy > >> with no fancy production values -- and of a language/system having a > >> state-of-the-art user interface, take a look at either of the following: > >> > >> > >> > http://www.wolfram.com/broadcast/search.php?Search=app%20minute&x=-879&y=-139&video=728 > >> > >> http://www.wolfram.com/broadcast/video.php?channel=86&video=869 > >> > >> On 14 Feb 2014 19:00:45 -0500, Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > >> > >>> As Ian [Clark] observed, a newcomer's first 5 minutes with J will be > >> decisive in > >>> establishing their attitude towards the language. As things stand, it > >>> takes a serious geek to take a shine to J in 5 minutes. Just between > us > >>> geeks, I wish there were more of us, but that's not the way to bet. > >>> > >>> No, we need a snappy demo: an application that everyone can relate to, > >>> showing how we can code something meaningful and get a pretty display > in > >>> under 5 minutes. Ideally it should be a YouTube video, with an > >>> accompanying Lab so the interested user can reproduce the results. > >> > >> ---- > >> Murray Eisenberg mur...@math.umass.edu > >> Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > >> Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 240 246-7240 (H) > >> University of Massachusetts > >> 710 North Pleasant Street > >> Amherst, MA 01003-9305 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
