G'day Mark, That makes a ton of sense to me. I suppose I am a sucker for punishment ...
Just as a for-the-giggles reference point, I am using a Data Tiddler to store Form attributes in my "TiddlyForms" project. Messy data tiddler, messy mind, messy birds of a feather? For this scenario, I imagine indexes and fields are equally ghastly devils. [image: Screenshot 2021-04-12 11.43.11 PM - Display 1.png] On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 11:21:58 PM UTC-3 Mark S. wrote: > In other systems data tiddlers (or their equivalents) are a foundational > aspect of their design. Not so in TW. In TW data tiddlers are just a > stop-gap, a convenience tool to be used in a limited set of circumstance. > For instance, note that JSON data tiddlers can only go one level deep. > > Try doing anything more than very simple data referencing, and you'll find > that there are very few filter operators that work with data tiddlers. For > instance, there is no filter operator to obtain all the values of a data > tiddler. > > In TW, the fundamental data structure is the tiddler. There are lots and > lots of filter operators that know how to deal with tiddlers and tiddler > fields. Data tiddlers are meant for simple one-to-one lookups, like with > the color palettes. Beyond that and they become too onerous to work with. > > On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 6:44:44 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> G'day, >> >> I'm just curious about the experience-based philosophies out there. >> >> Personally, I have a preference for indexes (and data tiddlers), >> reserving fields when a data tiddler is overkilll (more work than it is >> worth.) >> >> How about you? When do you prefer using indexes (and data tiddlers), and >> when do you prefer using tiddler fields ? >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/077c1f94-cf58-427f-996a-947932f9ec6en%40googlegroups.com.
