An excellent tool! A real opportunity to extend the lab concept. I question the "expert code" examples being all tacit. Nowhere in the lab is tacit explained. And the "J by Point and Click" Wiki page specifically recommends that tacit code should not be used as it could overwhelm the beginner. All the expert examples are tacit. That implies to me that expert code must be tacit. I don't think that that is true.
It seems to me that instead of adding chapters to this lab that making separate labs using the point and click tools tools would work better. That would make the various topics covered more visible in the labs form. Perhaps add a new "Point and Click" category to the Lab Select form. I found it irritating to have the Debug form always on top. It covers other forms and I am having to always move it around or minimize it to see what it covers. But that is not an issue with this lab. More of a general issue with the Debug form. On the tool tips. Is it possible to move the tips down a little from the cursor? On Windows 7 the cursor hides the first few letters of the tip. The lab uses the browser extensively for various explanations and additional information. This assumes that the internet is available. Perhaps that is a valid assumption as the internet is available almost everywhere. But it should not cause an error if it is not. One possibility would be to use webview to bring up the internet information instead of the browser. This also provides the opportunity for interaction from the web page into Point and Click as events in webview are seen in J. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
