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Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by chaosmonkey » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

sjs382 wrote: post #30

mholt wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops. That's awful. What browser are you using?

You can use http://aboutbrowser.com to share not just your browser, but it's capabilities & css support too.

Nice. They should give an option to choose what to share. For example, I don't want to share network info.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by omaranto » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

thegeomaster wrote: post #36

Do you guys think it would be too cheesy/unoriginal to "steal" this Q&A format for other products? I have a free software library to publish pretty soon, and I absolutely love your way of explaining how it all works in a cool, conversational style.

Of course it would be unoriginal! Do it anyway, it's a good way to explain usage.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by mholt » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:19 PM UTC

cheese1756 wrote: post #34

mholt wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your feedback. If it helps to know, the Q&A format on the homepage is the result of scratching my head for a while, thinking "How would I explain this to somebody? There's a lot to it, and it's all immediately relevant." I eventually convinced myself that the last part isn't true. It could be disclosed in parts. So I decided to run the scenario in my mind instead: "I'll give somebody this library and imagi…

Will the website itself be released under an open license? I could see this website format being useful for a ton of open source projects.

I'd be okay with that, I just hadn't considered it. By format do you mean design or content (or both)? And are you thinking a Creative Commons license?

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by juergen » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:36 PM UTC

[Error] ReferenceError: Can't find variable: performance (anonyme Funktion) (demo.js, line 155) dispatch (jquery.min.js, line 3) handle (jquery.min.js, line 3)

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by mqsiuser » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:40 PM UTC

When you convert CSV to and from JSON(/XML) then the interesting part IMHO is how to convert the hierarchy (of JSON/XML) to CSV and how to encode it (e.g. in a header-line). Do you account for that?

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by mholt » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:50 PM UTC

owenversteeg wrote: post #38

Amazing project! Everything seems really well put together. I really like the humor and the Q&A format. Do you mind if I borrow it for v2 of a project I'm releasing soon? Also, there is not a single negative comment here. That's a HN record. Congratulations!

It's not a CSV library, right? :) Go for it.

And yeah, I've been surprised! I hadn't anticipated so many comments about the web site, since the feature is a Javascript library. It's like going to a movie for the previews.

Definitely grateful for the feedback, though. It's great that quirks that are being constructively reported so they can be fixed.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by barnabask » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 5:52 PM UTC

ekmartin wrote: post #10

"Mini Papa for production use - Fat Papa for debug and development."

Given the jaunty tone of the documentation, I really think they missed an opportunity to somehow have a "Beard Papa" version. Randomly inserts cream puff ingredients or something.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by stevoski » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 6:35 PM UTC

Does it handle quoted CSV fields that spans multiple lines?

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by elwell » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 6:47 PM UTC

thegeomaster wrote: post #36

Do you guys think it would be too cheesy/unoriginal to "steal" this Q&A format for other products? I have a free software library to publish pretty soon, and I absolutely love your way of explaining how it all works in a cool, conversational style.

Wait a month, swap "papa" with "mama", and you should be good to go.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by domiono » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 6:51 PM UTC

thegeomaster wrote: post #36

Do you guys think it would be too cheesy/unoriginal to "steal" this Q&A format for other products? I have a free software library to publish pretty soon, and I absolutely love your way of explaining how it all works in a cool, conversational style.

Innovation is cloning 80% and innovating on the remaining 20%. :)

Edit: Hey why the downvotes, I didn't say it, Andrew Chen said it. Slide 23 http://andrewchen.co/2013/10/14/zero-to-productmarket-fit-pr...