On Sunday, April 20, 2014 4:19:44 PM UTC-7, Devin Weaver wrote: > > I realize the extent of TWC uses and hacks out there. With TW5's extensive > and modular design, I was wondering what other unique and creative ways the > TiddlyWiki system could be used beyond just a notebook. > > How have you used TW5? How have you hacked it? And what creative uses have > you found for it? >
Fundamentally, TiddlyWiki (both Classic and TW5) is more than just highly-customizable note taking applications. TiddlyWiki can be used to create very sophisticated interactive "database" applications as well. A single tiddler, containing a set of fields, is like a row in a database table. A group of tiddlers with the same field structure can be identified by a common tag or field value, effectively defining a table of rows. The TW5 filter syntax (ForEachTiddler macro or inline javascript code in TWC) can be used to select meaningful "records" from those tables and generate output based on those records and their field values. Of course, TiddlyWiki's capabilities make it much more than a simple database report generator. It can be used as a highly interactive interface for validation and verification of data entries as well as performing ad-hoc queries and other "data discovery" tools such as tag clouds, tag grids, tree views, etc. Some of the ways in which TiddlyWiki (Classic) can been used: * mental health treatment (see http://ambit.tiddlyspace.com) * student class records (attendance and assignment grades) * field service manuals (with updates and "tech notes") * server system administration (network node configurations, allocations, etc.) * customer service records (call history, service levels, etc.) * employee "human resources" handbook ... and many more database-like uses, such as "balancing your checkbook and keeping recipes" :) hope this was the kind of answer you were looking for.... enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios YOUR DONATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT! HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... http://TiddlyTools.github.com/fundraising.html#MakeADonation Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
