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Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook

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Post by pdenya »

seivadmas wrote: post #26

I'm sure Quiver is slick software but so often I have seen flashy tools suck up more time and effort in using them than other, simpler solutions. If you want to make quick notes, there is absolutely no better tool than a notebook and pencil. It's time tested and been proven to work for the past 2,000 years. It offers the minimum possible barrier between your thoughts and the page. It allows completely free expression…

It's code notebooks, not an idea chart. It's evernote for programmers which is something a lot of people need since all the evernote-esque tools suck at handling code.

> If you are using anything flashier you are wasting your time on the tool rather than the substance of what you are thinking.

I brainstorm at a keyboard fwiw. Different strokes.

Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook

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Post by TbobbyZ »

seivadmas wrote: post #26

I'm sure Quiver is slick software but so often I have seen flashy tools suck up more time and effort in using them than other, simpler solutions. If you want to make quick notes, there is absolutely no better tool than a notebook and pencil. It's time tested and been proven to work for the past 2,000 years. It offers the minimum possible barrier between your thoughts and the page. It allows completely free expression…

I agree with this to some extent. I'm a sucker for a new moleskin notebook.

But, it is such a freaking pain to copy code down into a paper notebook. I've been doing it for a few weeks now and I feel I spend more time copying down the code than actually programming somedays.

Also, my handwriting is horrible.

Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook

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Post by seivadmas »

TbobbyZ wrote: post #32
seivadmas wrote: post #26

I'm sure Quiver is slick software but so often I have seen flashy tools suck up more time and effort in using them than other, simpler solutions. If you want to make quick notes, there is absolutely no better tool than a notebook and pencil. It's time tested and been proven to work for the past 2,000 years. It offers the minimum possible barrier between your thoughts and the page. It allows completely free expression…

I agree with this to some extent. I'm a sucker for a new moleskin notebook. But, it is such a freaking pain to copy code down into a paper notebook. I've been doing it for a few weeks now and I feel I spend more time copying down the code than actually programming somedays. Also, my handwriting is horrible.

Well I don't tend to actually write much code out by hand. Usually I use a notebook for sketching out ideas, thoughts or todo lists.

For copying out code I use the same text editor that I program in.

Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook

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Post by anabranch »

ylian wrote: post #30
anabranch wrote: post #29

A way to convert IPython Notebooks to Quiver notes would certainly be useful (as would the other way around). Searching ipython notebooks for code is a nightmare. edit: good work btw, I'm not completely sold on this solution but I do think there's a problem here. I'm pretty invested in evernote but think this has potential.

That is a good idea. IPython Notebook was another inspiration for Quiver. Since Quiver uses an simple JSON format for data files, it's easy to write a script to convert IPython notebooks to Quiver notebooks. I don't yet have importer scripts, but I have written some exporter scripts here, and you get the idea. https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Export-Scripts

I made a quick and dirty script to convert markdown to quiver already but unfortunately have a ton on my plate right now.

https://gist.github.com/anabranch/09c421e3ff13e1245316

This basically just splits it on ```code``` blocks and only supports python at the moment, but could be a resource for others.

Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook

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Post by ylian »

patrickrgaffney wrote: post #34

I've been using the demo for the past hour and I'm really enjoying writing short code snippets with "text cell" comments. The only feature I would request is some way of inserting tables, perhaps a "table cell" option. Great app though, loving the demo so far.

It's possible. Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook

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Post by ylian »

anabranch wrote: post #35
ylian wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a good idea. IPython Notebook was another inspiration for Quiver. Since Quiver uses an simple JSON format for data files, it's easy to write a script to convert IPython notebooks to Quiver notebooks. I don't yet have importer scripts, but I have written some exporter scripts here, and you get the idea. https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Export-Scripts

I made a quick and dirty script to convert markdown to quiver already but unfortunately have a ton on my plate right now. https://gist.github.com/anabranch/09c421e3ff13e1245316 This basically just splits it on ```code``` blocks and only supports python at the moment, but could be a resource for others.

Wow, that's fast. Appreciate that. Added to Quiver wiki.

Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook

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Post by mcphage »

ylian wrote: post #30
anabranch wrote: post #29

A way to convert IPython Notebooks to Quiver notes would certainly be useful (as would the other way around). Searching ipython notebooks for code is a nightmare. edit: good work btw, I'm not completely sold on this solution but I do think there's a problem here. I'm pretty invested in evernote but think this has potential.

That is a good idea. IPython Notebook was another inspiration for Quiver. Since Quiver uses an simple JSON format for data files, it's easy to write a script to convert IPython notebooks to Quiver notebooks. I don't yet have importer scripts, but I have written some exporter scripts here, and you get the idea. https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Export-Scripts

It would be cool if it executed the code like IPython as well.

Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook

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Post by azeirah »

seivadmas wrote: post #26

I'm sure Quiver is slick software but so often I have seen flashy tools suck up more time and effort in using them than other, simpler solutions. If you want to make quick notes, there is absolutely no better tool than a notebook and pencil. It's time tested and been proven to work for the past 2,000 years. It offers the minimum possible barrier between your thoughts and the page. It allows completely free expression…

I agree with you. I made my own open-source note-taking software (built it with love <3), and even though I use it a lot, it does not, will not and can not replace my notebook.
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