I'm not sure this community has the cash flow to support something like that for an extended period of time. (Dyalog does have the cash flow and can do something like this as advertising.)
That said, if you can make it work, that would be great. Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 9:35 PM, Xiao-Yong Jin <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a suggestion, but not much data analysis. > Making an educational website akin to TryAPL[0] would greatly > benefit the J community, especially when the website is powered > by J and open source. > > [0] http://tryapl.org > > One of the appealing parts of TryAPL is its APL cheat sheet. > The popup really shines. The other is its permanent link for > any APL sentence. For example: > http://tryapl.org/?a=%u2218.%D7%u2368%u23739&run > >> On Oct 20, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Eric, all - >> >> I'm comfortable with all those aspects and would be willing/open to >> contribute an app that the community would find useful. I don't have a >> particularly good idea of what to build though. Any thoughts? >> >> Thoughts: >> 1. Stock price analysis tool (maybe not that interesting/useful, lots of >> things out there) >> 2. Weather tool (maybe not useful) >> 3. Tool to analyze some useful public dataset (what dataset to use?) >> 4. Generic tool for analyzing any CSV/txt (probably most useful but largest >> scope) >> >> I don't want to be too ambitious due to limited capacity but I think it >> could be a fun exercise that would benefit others. No promises yet, but if >> a good idea bubbles up and if there's enough interest I'd be up for trying >> to build it >> >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Joe, >>> Thanks for the feedback. >>> >>> The learning curve for a serious JHS gui app is steep. One has to be good >>> at: j/html/css/javascript and perhaps libraries such as jquery and d3. >>> >>> I would love to see a real app that can be shared with the community. >>> >>> Most current use of JHS is as a simple desktop interface to J. I think >>> there is enormous potential to JHS as a real server, but so far it is >>> mostly untouched. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The app building examples are a nice addition. I recall struggling >>> through >>>> it a few years back so it seems like it will be helpful for beginners. >>>> >>>> The last example (5) is nice to show a simple example of a plot on a JHS >>>> page. >>>> >>>> A wishlist item is to have a more complete demo app, something >>>> representative of how the concepts get applied to real problems. The >>>> current demos/examples feel more like building blocks, which are >>> important, >>>> but it's also helpful to see something that gives an idea of what's >>>> possible. >>>> >>>> On the topic of what's possible, can anyone with production experience of >>>> JHS comment on how they are using it? Have you deployed it to multiple >>>> users, running on a server, or do users run it on their workstations? >>> What >>>> types of applications are built with JHS (e.g. interactive reports, >>>> calculator" front-ends) ? >>>> >>>> Thank you for the improvements to JHS! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Björn Helgason <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> nice >>>>> >>>>> just took a very short look >>>>> >>>>> more later >>>>> >>>>> On 18 Oct 2016 14:52, "Eric Iverson" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> A major JHS update is available. If you use JHS, it is suggested you >>>> move >>>>>> to this as soon as convenient. If you don't use JHS, perhaps now is >>> the >>>>>> time to give it a shot. >>>>>> >>>>>> Look at the reworked studio menu. Try out the app building examples. >>>>>> Finally there is a more beginner friendly way to learn how to build a >>>> JHS >>>>>> GUI app. >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ---------- >>>>>> 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 >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
