I am interested in contributing, but am unsure what, if anything, I can contribute. I'd rather wait to see what others contribute to see what kind of things you are expecting. Regarding your points "The main thing is to choose an interesting topic. We want the user to see the topic as worthwhile, to think about how they would do it in their favorite language, and then to see the elegance of the J solution. The harder the code is, the farther back it will go into the Lab." In my opinion, keeping examples as concrete as possible is best. e.g. interfacing with MySQL, a HTTP client, manipulating csv and excel files. i.e. things that people are likely to want to use in the real world. Things like "calculating the square of the sum of the first 100 mersenne primes " or what not, might put people off and and make J seem only suitable for idle mathematical playing. Just a thought.
> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 21:40:39 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [Jprogramming] New visual teaching lab for J - contributors needed > > Up till now, to learn J you had to be willing to read a lot of words. Many > modern programmers aren't into that. > > With J8.04, there's a new way - a VISUAL way - to learn J. It uses the J > IDE, plus debug, dissect, and the user's browser to give an interactive > environment for exploring J. You can read about this lab at > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/JbyPointAndClick > > (note that you have to update your J8.04 to the level as of right now) > > As it stands the lab is just a beginning. Load it & see if you like the > idea. If you do, please contribute a chapter or two. I think about 50 more > chapters might do the trick. > > The lab needs material at all levels. Write about a program you find > interesting and your chapter can be inserted into the lab at an appropriate > place. > > My hope is that this lab will grow to the point that it can keep a scalar > programmer's interest long enough for them to see that J is a language fit > for daily use. Then we can start an outreach program to influential > codebloggers to get our language the recognition and respect it deserves. > > Henry Rich > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
