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Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by int_19h » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 2:41 AM UTC

alesso_x wrote: post #5

I'm a huge fan of Don Jayamanne. He also made the original python extension for vscode. I always wondered why no one made a better node.js repl. I wish there was something like ipython for nodejs.

The official Python VSCode extension from Microsoft is itself a further development of that one (indeed, you can still see that it's a fork on GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python).

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by getcrunk » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 4:04 AM UTC

What are some use cases you use this for or could use this for, for an average developer or generic things.

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by sarsway » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 4:44 AM UTC

getcrunk wrote: post #12

What are some use cases you use this for or could use this for, for an average developer or generic things.

not sure myself, but could be useful to make some quick visualization of some database. often I just want to know some random stuff, so I'll use a SQL query, this looks like a neat way to do that, get some graphs too.

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by ve5eta » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 4:47 AM UTC

impressive

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by traspler » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 8:08 AM UTC

alesso_x wrote: post #5

I'm a huge fan of Don Jayamanne. He also made the original python extension for vscode. I always wondered why no one made a better node.js repl. I wish there was something like ipython for nodejs.

To try out simple things I like to use https://runjs.app/

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by dusted » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 8:27 AM UTC

That's cool, it's what hedonjs tries to achieve, but much nicer.

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by d--b » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 9:19 AM UTC

alesso_x wrote: post #5

I'm a huge fan of Don Jayamanne. He also made the original python extension for vscode. I always wondered why no one made a better node.js repl. I wish there was something like ipython for nodejs.

Like that? https://runkit.com

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by richeyryan » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 9:32 AM UTC

getcrunk wrote: post #12

What are some use cases you use this for or could use this for, for an average developer or generic things.

Something I've experimented a bit with in the past is having something like Storybook for API modules. Rather than jumping out to postman, you could just have your notebook that calls your API functions. So far the stumbling block is always ES Modules. Usually the client code uses them and Node always makes them a pain to deal with. Hopefully the situation will be better in another couple of years.

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by bugBunny » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 9:51 AM UTC

what is this good for?

Re: Node.js Notebooks

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Post by lewispollard » Mon, Feb 21, 2022, 10:19 AM UTC

I realise this is probably obvious to most people who're familiar with the author's work, but I was looking at the README trying to figure out if this is just a VS Code thing or not. It doesn't say (though it has screenshots of VS Code, nothing in the README says it's a VS Code extension). It does say it in the "about" section of the repo, which I rarely actually look at on Github.