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Tabula Scripta: A spreadsheet for small data-driven apps

66 points by akkartik 7y ago

flavor8 7y ago
I haven't used it, but isn't this what https://airtable.com/ https://airtable.com/ is for?
- chris_st 7y ago
  Or Coda https://coda.io/welcome https://coda.io/welcome But I think the idea is to learn by coding; for anyone wanting a pretty competent spreadsheet on their web page, I've bookmarked the following for possible use: * Mesh Spreadsheet: http://mesh-spreadsheet.com * jExcel: https://bossanova.uk/jexcel/v3/
- thesorrow 7y ago
  Can you self-host it and keep your data to yourself ?
  - dominotw 7y ago
    no
kristianc 7y ago
> The thing is, there isn’t currently, to my knowledge, an actual Access-lite webapp. AirTable
- dominotw 7y ago
  probably meant open source ?
- pinky07 7y ago
  Odoo Studio: https://www.odoo.com/page/studio https://www.odoo.com/page/studio
lowdose 7y ago
I would use google apis for sheets, tasks and keep. Comes with a nice UI out of the box. Why do most hack the itch projects start from scratch and not use and build on best in class apis?
- phpnode 7y ago
  Should anyone build a product around Google APIs in 2020, given their record here?
  - lowdose 7y ago
    They are playing the long game with their GSuite offering. 70% of the USA educational market migrated to Google last 5 years.
    - bransonf 7y ago
      When you say educational market do you mean primary/secondary? The three largest universities in my city recently moved from GSuite to Microsoft’s stack.
      - saagarjha 7y ago
        Mine moved in the opposite direction last year.
  - oh_sigh 7y ago
    What's their record abandoning actually used products? Sheets is literally 13 years old and is heavily used internally and externally. The odds of it going away are very small. This "Google cancels everything" is pretty much a viewpoint I hear only on HN. I don't know what reality some people are living in.
    - redis_mlc 7y ago
      So you're a Google fanboi. We get it.
sansnomme 7y ago
Instead of your own language, I suggest using the Red language. It's similar enough and has a history of being used in RAD/spreadsheet software.
- runningskull 7y ago
  I discovered Red (and its predecessor Rebol) a few months ago and was really excited about it - very interesting blend of ideas that seems to hit a sweet spot for GUI scripting. Then I discovered it doesn’t have 64-bit support and it seems the community is debating about whether it even should, as it would require a significant overhaul. This makes it a no-go at least for Mac users unfortunately. Anyone know how likely this is to change [soon]?
  - 9214 7y ago
    > and it seems the community is debating about whether it even should as it would require a significant overhaul It's true that Red supports 32-bit platforms only, but porting toolchain to 64-bit is a planned transition, which was never "debated about"; Catalina just forced this issue on most developers, including the Red team, and the actual question was if addressing it should come before all the other priorities, to the detriment of overall speed of development and release of major features.
    - runningskull 7y ago
      Thanks for clarifying. I certainly didn’t mean to disparage Red at all - the language seems interesting and the project admirable. I’m really eager to dive in and explore, but I’m on Catalina so I can’t yet. The debate thing was just the impression I came away with. Things like this post[0] from late 2018 saying > We are currently 32-bit only, and need to decide the best path for adding 64-bit support, should we elect to do so. (and some other back-and-forth I can’t find at the moment) left me thinking it was an open question. I’m glad to hear it’s on the roadmap. [0] https://www.red-lang.org/2018/?m=1 https://www.red-lang.org/2018/?m=1
      - 7y ago

66 points by akkartik 7y ago

flavor8 7y ago

I haven't used it, but isn't this what https://airtable.com/ https://airtable.com/ is for?

chris_st 7y ago
Or Coda https://coda.io/welcome https://coda.io/welcome But I think the idea is to learn by coding; for anyone wanting a pretty competent spreadsheet on their web page, I've bookmarked the following for possible use: * Mesh Spreadsheet: http://mesh-spreadsheet.com * jExcel: https://bossanova.uk/jexcel/v3/
thesorrow 7y ago
Can you self-host it and keep your data to yourself ?
- dominotw 7y ago
  no

kristianc 7y ago

> The thing is, there isn’t currently, to my knowledge, an actual Access-lite webapp. AirTable

dominotw 7y ago
probably meant open source ?
pinky07 7y ago
Odoo Studio: https://www.odoo.com/page/studio https://www.odoo.com/page/studio

lowdose 7y ago

I would use google apis for sheets, tasks and keep. Comes with a nice UI out of the box. Why do most hack the itch projects start from scratch and not use and build on best in class apis?

phpnode 7y ago
Should anyone build a product around Google APIs in 2020, given their record here?
- lowdose 7y ago
  They are playing the long game with their GSuite offering. 70% of the USA educational market migrated to Google last 5 years.
  - bransonf 7y ago
    When you say educational market do you mean primary/secondary? The three largest universities in my city recently moved from GSuite to Microsoft’s stack.
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      Mine moved in the opposite direction last year.
- oh_sigh 7y ago
  What's their record abandoning actually used products? Sheets is literally 13 years old and is heavily used internally and externally. The odds of it going away are very small. This "Google cancels everything" is pretty much a viewpoint I hear only on HN. I don't know what reality some people are living in.
  - redis_mlc 7y ago
    So you're a Google fanboi. We get it.

sansnomme 7y ago

Instead of your own language, I suggest using the Red language. It's similar enough and has a history of being used in RAD/spreadsheet software.

runningskull 7y ago
I discovered Red (and its predecessor Rebol) a few months ago and was really excited about it - very interesting blend of ideas that seems to hit a sweet spot for GUI scripting. Then I discovered it doesn’t have 64-bit support and it seems the community is debating about whether it even should, as it would require a significant overhaul. This makes it a no-go at least for Mac users unfortunately. Anyone know how likely this is to change [soon]?
- 9214 7y ago
  > and it seems the community is debating about whether it even should as it would require a significant overhaul It's true that Red supports 32-bit platforms only, but porting toolchain to 64-bit is a planned transition, which was never "debated about"; Catalina just forced this issue on most developers, including the Red team, and the actual question was if addressing it should come before all the other priorities, to the detriment of overall speed of development and release of major features.
  - runningskull 7y ago
    Thanks for clarifying. I certainly didn’t mean to disparage Red at all - the language seems interesting and the project admirable. I’m really eager to dive in and explore, but I’m on Catalina so I can’t yet. The debate thing was just the impression I came away with. Things like this post[0] from late 2018 saying > We are currently 32-bit only, and need to decide the best path for adding 64-bit support, should we elect to do so. (and some other back-and-forth I can’t find at the moment) left me thinking it was an open question. I’m glad to hear it’s on the roadmap. [0] https://www.red-lang.org/2018/?m=1 https://www.red-lang.org/2018/?m=1
    - 7y ago