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

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Post by ylian »

mcphage wrote: post #39
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

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

That would be cool, but would make the app more complicated. Think about all the other languages. You would have to include tons of runtimes. It's better to leave that to other apps/frameworks/tools.

I like to keep Quiver simple and lightweight. Quiver app is only 8MB unzipped, while Evernote is over 160MB unzipped.

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

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Post by azeirah »

For anyone interested in an alternative, I'm working on Brainstorm, an open-source note taking application that runs in the browser.

Its fuelled by markdown with syntax highlighting support. Since Brainstorm likes looking at things, you can also embed images (and .webm video using html )

The demo currently has no restrictions on who can and cannot edit notes. This won't be a problem in the future.

Demo can be found here: http://brainstorm-notes.meteor.com

Github: https://github.com/Azeirah/brainstorm

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

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Post by ylian »

atom-morgan wrote: post #19
ylian wrote: post #3

Quiver is a Mac app that helps programmers take notes. Its unique cell-based design makes it easy to mix text and code in one note. I built Quiver to scratch my own itch. I have tried numerous code snippet managers over the years, but they all missed one crucial point: it's not just code that you want to store. Usually you want to mix code snippets with comments, images, and links. Nothing out there was able to do th…

I've been looking for something like this for quite some time. Thank you!

You are welcome. Let me know if you have suggestions.

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

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Post by dangoor »

Though it's a different beast, the (Smallest) Federated Wiki shares some similarities with this. It uses a JSON format and allows different paragraphs to use different plugins, including a code plugin:

http://fed.wiki.org/view/choose-plugins/view/about-code-plug...

It is also cool in that it's a federated wiki. If you're not familiar with the idea, consider listening to this recent JavaScript Jabber podcast with Ward Cunningham:

http://devchat.tv/js-jabber/135-jsj-smallest-federated-wiki-...

It's a great concept and you can set up a federated wiki on your own machine with "npm install wiki".

Edit: Sorry for failing to only provide an alternative without commenting on Quiver!

Though I am clearly excited about fed wiki, I also intend to buy Quiver because it meets specific needs that I have with easy image inclusion, export to HTML and I may even have a use for the presentation mode.

Nice to see ACE used this way... I worked on ACE some years back and currently work on a web tech-based desktop editor (Brackets).

Congrats on a great project!

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

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Post by ylian »

dangoor wrote: post #45

Though it's a different beast, the (Smallest) Federated Wiki shares some similarities with this. It uses a JSON format and allows different paragraphs to use different plugins, including a code plugin: http://fed.wiki.org/view/choose-plugins/view/about-code-plug... It is also cool in that it's a federated wiki. If you're not familiar with the idea, consider listening to this recent JavaScript Jabber podcast with Ward…

The federated wiki idea is interesting. It's the first time I hear about it. The json file format does look very similar to what Quiver has. It is cool to be able to resolve note conflicts with a drag-n-drop UI.

And thanks for ACE! Without it I wouldn't be able to create Quiver. It's an awesome code editor!

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

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Post by dangoor »

ylian wrote: post #46
dangoor wrote: post #45

Though it's a different beast, the (Smallest) Federated Wiki shares some similarities with this. It uses a JSON format and allows different paragraphs to use different plugins, including a code plugin: http://fed.wiki.org/view/choose-plugins/view/about-code-plug... It is also cool in that it's a federated wiki. If you're not familiar with the idea, consider listening to this recent JavaScript Jabber podcast with Ward…

The federated wiki idea is interesting. It's the first time I hear about it. The json file format does look very similar to what Quiver has. It is cool to be able to resolve note conflicts with a drag-n-drop UI. And thanks for ACE! Without it I wouldn't be able to create Quiver. It's an awesome code editor!

You're welcome for my little bit of ACE. There were others with a much bigger hand in it than me (Fabian Jakobs and Julian Viereck come to mind instantly). It was a fun project (and probably still is!)

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

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Post by cpbotha »

agentultra wrote: post #16

A great looking app. I use the babel package built into emacs' org-mode. It's not for everyone though. It's worth investing in a tool like this. I find the act of keeping a journal to be invaluable to developing my skills as a programmer. I find it serves two primary purposes. It first provides me a historical record of how my thinking has been changed and influenced. And it helps me to recall difficult subject matte…

Emacs org-mode with babel is definitely the bee's knees.

I can intersperse org-mode markup (much richer than markdown) with syntax-highlighted and executable code snippets. I can export all of this to my wordpress blog or to great-looking LaTeX documents, or even to presentations using org-reveal.

Here's an example of an exported org-mode file with math and graphics: http://vxlabs.com/2014/06/16/level-sets-the-practical-10-min...

Here's a simpler example with just Python snippets embedded: http://vxlabs.com/2014/11/12/getting-django-rest-framework-t...

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

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Post by digitalzombie »

ylian wrote: post #27
digitalzombie wrote: post #25

Looks neat. I'll have to try it out first before thinking about buying it. I've been using Gollum, a project from github. It's basically a wiki using ruby brick and git to serve the md pages. I think the hassle is having to start up gollum to use the wiki and having it run. And I keep different subjects in different repos so switching between each repo and relaunching gollum is a hassle. The code highlight isn't so g…

Yes Quiver has a very simple hierarchy: notebooks and notes. But you can use tags and linked notes for more flexible note organization. Also, when there are lots of notes, the only practical way to find something quickly is a full-text search, which Quiver supports nicely.

Whoa.. is the full-text search per notebook or every notebook? Can I choose to search per notebook and every notebooks?

That sounds awesome!

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

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Post by sixstringninja »

Any thoughts on making this cross-platform (Win7, linux)? I currently use tiddlywiki to keep a journal of all my notes but it's not as seamless to use. At work, I use Windows7 but at home, I use Mac OSX. I have it synced via Dropbox which allows me to jot down notes almost anytime I'm using a computer.
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