[Jprogramming] Report of the J Wiki Meeting of July 28, 2022

2022-07-29 Thread 'robert therriault' via Programming
Present: Art Anger, Thomas Bulka, Devon McCormick, Raul Miller, Bob Therriault 1) Bob reviewed the changes that he had made to the sidebar https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page, adding links to the J playground (naming it "J in a Browser") and moving the custom search up to the top of the

Re: [Jprogramming] Wiki update video and revised promo video

2022-07-29 Thread Henry Rich
I think Dissect could be a hook for the new user.  It could benefit from a masterclass, as Ian suggests, but I don't think that's necessary.  Seeing execution of a whole sentence all at once is such a different way of approaching debugging that some will find it captivating.  Just show a

Re: [Jprogramming] Wiki update video and revised promo video

2022-07-29 Thread Ian Clark
Hi Bob, > Were you thinking of a documentary style format, given the in depth topic idea?... > Let me know if you have preferred topic to begin with. Yes, but only up to a point. Wall-to-wall talking heads and vaguely relevant wallpaper is boring. Veritasium seems to have the right mix, at least

Re: [Jprogramming] Wiki update video and revised promo video

2022-07-29 Thread Hauke Rehr
+1 for 'code search' even if it’s a misnomer, strictly speaking at some point in their J journey, they’ll need/want to try it and they’ll learn soon enough what it does and doesn’t that’s my 2¢ Am 29.07.22 um 16:38 schrieb 'robert therriault' via Programming: Not butting in at all Viktor, It

Re: [Jprogramming] Wiki update video and revised promo video

2022-07-29 Thread 'robert therriault' via Programming
Not butting in at all Viktor, It does more than code search, but I think that that is a good differentiator for it. I'll wait a bit before changing anything to see if there are other suggestions. Cheers, bob > On Jul 29, 2022, at 05:01, 'Viktor Grigorov' via Programming > wrote: > >

Re: [Jprogramming] Wiki update video and revised promo video

2022-07-29 Thread 'Viktor Grigorov' via Programming
Butting in---why not 'code search', if that is what it explicitly facilitates? And if not, then I'd say I've been misled. Jul 29, 2022, 03:42 by programm...@jsoftware.com: > Hi Ian, > > Thanks for the feedback and the topic list for future videos. Were you > thinking of a documentary style