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I was really excited about Java back in the day. My friend and I back in the 1990's started working on a STEM website that would have made use of Java applets.
by ansible 6y ago
I was really excited about Java back in the day. My friend and I back in the 1990's started working on a STEM website that would have made use of Java applets. The idea was to present algebra concepts with graphing applets where you could modify a formula for a parabola, and then see the results on-screen in real time. Like what you could do with a graphing calculator, but with a more explanatory text surrounding it.
I just took a look at the first page of google results for "learn algebra parabola" and found plenty of learning resources... but not a single one was interactive?
With all the fancy Javascript-heavy pages these days, has noone has done this sort of thing? I also took a look at Khan Academy, and they have some interactive stuff, a lot of it is just videos.
- hnra 6y agoPerhaps Immersive Math [1] is similar to what you're looking for? [1]: http://immersivemath.com/ila/index.html http://immersivemath.com/ila/index.html
- ansible 6y agoYes, that's what I'm talking about.
- mStreamTeam 6y agoAll the frontend engineers I know are in it for the money these days. There's very little passion for building UIs that don't pull down a 6 figure income.
- austincheney 6y agoThere’s very little passion for writing any original front-end code of any kind unless you are doing it for yourself.
- randomopining 6y agoHonestly what revolutionary thing are you gonna do on the web with a 2d screen? Why waste hundreds of hours of your life doing it unless you enjoy it. Just paid paid son.
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- spiralx 6y agoI spent a few years implementing a real-time stock-charting applet with historical data, dozens of customisable indicators, drawing tools, multiple stocks at once... all using glorious Java 1.1.8 or whatever it was the MS JVM supported. I do not miss that codebase.