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Re: Juliabox

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Post by idunning »

dgdg wrote: post #16

What is it? Why would I sign in into something I know nothing about?

It is Julia running in a browser, allowing you to try it with no installs. Its not meant for public use yet.

And yes, you shouldn't sign into something you know nothing about - no one is asking you too :)

Re: Juliabox

#22

Post by idunning »

racycle wrote: post #12

Reminds me of http://forio.com/julia/repl/ except the addition of iJulia notebook makes it much more useful.

Yes indeed, the next evolution of the concept. As you say, the IJulia notebook is the "right" way to do it.

Re: Juliabox

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Post by idunning »

Blahah wrote: post #4

When I sign in I just get returned to the home page and invited to sign in again. Anyone know how to reach the good stuff? Edit: from the JuliaBox README [0]: - Not recommended to host on the public internet just yet. - Security is mostly a TODO at this time. - Docker itself is undergoing changes in its API. Since we pull in the latest docker, changes in the docker API may break JuliaBox at any time. So it seems this…

Yes it was posted by a third-party, not fully ready for primetime. Its running on AWS so at least no one's computer is likely to get owned due to any glitches! Thanks for your interest - it is a pretty fun tool.

Re: Juliabox

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Post by idunning »

curiouslearn wrote: post #8

I clicked on "Sign in via Google" button. It asked me for permission to access some information. Then went back to the original homepage; the one that still asks me to sign in. Now, if I click on "Sign in via Google" nothing happens. Also, nothing else on the page is clickable. How do I try it out?

The site wasn't meant to be publicly released yet - it was online only for internal testing amongst a small set of users. Its under very heavy load now so is most likely unresponsive. You can get a similar experience by trying out IJulia on your own machine though, until its properly released.

Re: Juliabox

#28

Post by dang »

johnmyleswhite wrote: post #25
idunning wrote: post #15

This isn't ready for public consumption, it was posted to HN by someone unrelated to JuliaBox.

Yeah, it's a huge bummer that this leaked before it could be set up for a heavy load.

We'll bury this post if you'll post it again when it's ready. The thread is unable to be a meaningful discussion right now, so I think that's in everyone's interests.

Re: Juliabox

#29

Post by ViralBShah »

dang wrote: post #28
johnmyleswhite wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it's a huge bummer that this leaked before it could be set up for a heavy load.

We'll bury this post if you'll post it again when it's ready. The thread is unable to be a meaningful discussion right now, so I think that's in everyone's interests.

We had 250 simultaneous connections when we were configured only for 20. We will certainly post it when we are ready.

Re: Juliabox

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Post by ViralBShah »

tokai wrote: post #3
switch33 wrote: post #2

Why must this require google login at all? It should not be mandatory. . .

No idea, but Google groups are central to the Julia community. Guess they just like to use google. We could fork it and do another login if we wanted to escape google. https://github.com/JuliaLang/JuliaBox

Google was just for convenience and something to start with (and not worry about user management). We also want to be able to use the Google Drive Sync. Once we sort out other pressing issues, we will certainly add other methods to login before announcing again. Pull Requests are welcome too!
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