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Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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Slick design, however, I don't understand the buttons. Why is 'eval' a joystick and commit a box? Also, whenever I hit Preview I get a 500.

We're changing that joystick to a VCR like play button. The commit one being a box hints at a shell or terminal, since we couldn't find an official Git icon. Could maybe put the GitHub Octocat there - what do you think?

You would have to ask Github, as they own the copyright to Octocat.

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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Well. This is a good way to make my JS looking insignificant by comparison.

Looks like it's built on Cappuccino:

http://cappuccino.org/

It's only recently become viable to use because of the performance improvements all the browsers have been making to their javascript engines. Last time I tried 280 slides it was painfully laggy (http://280slides.com/Editor/).

Not that I'm belittling the effort, it's pretty amazing work nonetheless.

But have a play with cappuccino if you want to see what's doable!

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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* A little bit faster. It's just fine for typing, but the menus and toolbar are a little bit slow.

* Why only GIT? Support Mercurial with bitbucket if possible.

* Add a context menu when user right clicks the mouse. It's important to have a copy/paste feature for files for example.

... and I'll move my JavaScript coding to it.

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, Heroku was the first. I tried it out. It was fun, but I think they realised that though it was a novel idea, it was not the _Big Idea_, and they replaced it with what they now have. That's pretty inspiring when you consider how much work they threw away and how that decision has been rewarded.

Maybe the timing was just wrong? The browsers are fast enough now and users, including developers, are much more comfortable with web apps.

Yes, I remember speed being an issue, and I wasn't trying to subtract from the usefulness of this creation.

Re: Create web apps in JavaScript right from your browser

#58

Well. This is a good way to make my JS looking insignificant by comparison.

Looks like it's built on Cappuccino: http://cappuccino.org/ It's only recently become viable to use because of the performance improvements all the browsers have been making to their javascript engines. Last time I tried 280 slides it was painfully laggy ( http://280slides.com/Editor/ ). Not that I'm belittling the effort, it's pretty amazing work nonetheless. But have a play with cappuccino if you want to see what's…

Yeah. I saw a 280North presentation at FOWA Miami a few years back. Those guys are great.
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