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I'd also add Pluto notebooks[1], which when deployed[2] powers interactive sites like MIT's Intro to Computational Thinking[3]. I also get a ton of mileage cre

I'd also add Pluto notebooks[1], which when deployed[2] powers interactive sites like MIT's Intro to Computational Thinking[3]. I also get a ton of mileage creating Pluto notebooks and sharing the results for others to run or view a static webpage of the results. 1: https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl https://github.com/fonsp/Pluto.jl 2: https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoSliderServer.jl https://github.com/JuliaPluto/PlutoSliderServer.jl 3: https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Spring21/ https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Spring21/

petre 5y ago
This is so cool. I wish we had open source tools like this when I was in university and used Mathcad and Mathlab. Edit: I've just tried it and it's quite slow, but I am positive this will improve given more time and development.
logankilpatrick 5y ago
Going to add this, good idea!
civilized 5y ago
Whoaaaaaa. It's reactive?? Not sure I'd want that in all situations, but what an incredibly powerful feature.
- adgjlsfhk1 5y ago
  It's a seriously cool piece of tech.
  - civilized 5y ago
    Nothing will ever kill spreadsheets, but if something did, it would be this.
    - fault1 5y ago
      spreadsheets are the ultimate reactive interface. I wish there were a mashup of the notebook/spreadsheet paradigm that was reactive.
      - adgjlsfhk1 5y ago
        You realize that Pluto is a reactive notebook right?
        fault1 5y ago
        pluto is not a spreadsheet though. Observablejs just got support for Excel and Google sheets, which is really interesting and probably the closest thing to an integrated reactive spreadsheet/notebook concept: https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/release-notes#cell-801 https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/release-notes#cell-80... ironically, I remember seeing features like what I'm thinking of, which was first spreadsheet I ever used- Wingz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informix_Wingz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informix_Wingz it had a mode where you could take portion of your cells and make it flow exactly like a notebook
- fault1 5y ago
  you can add execution barriers to individual cells for long running processes. here is a linear algebra class taught in pluto/julia (not mine, but found it on a random google search): https://www.math.hkust.edu.hk/~emarberg/teaching/2020/Math2121/ https://www.math.hkust.edu.hk/~emarberg/teaching/2020/Math21... so I think the approach is great at least for education. the notebooks work automagically in binder! I think people are working on a wasm codegen for julia, which should a killer feature.
zabi_rauf 5y ago
Shameless plug. I have been building a blog using Next.js (for static content) with Pluto (for interactive and richer content, inspired from MIT Intro to Computation Thinking). I think it's a great combination of richness and expressive content which brings the user along with the interactiveness. Example post: https://zabirauf.dev/blog/notebooks/understanding_std https://zabirauf.dev/blog/notebooks/understanding_std Source code: https://github.com/zabirauf/blog https://github.com/zabirauf/blog P.S: Still dealing with some bugs in deploying PlutoSliderServer so interactivity is broken.
- MisterBiggs 5y ago
  Great idea. I was honestly pretty disappointed by how hard it was to put a blog post I wrote in Pluto onto my static website. I still really think Pluto needs a way to generate static markdown similar to jupyter and maybe create a button to "edit or run this notebook" as an image with a link to some javascript magic with the actual notebook embedded. I ended up having to use iframes which felt far from ideal[1] since the html output is a jumbled mess[2]. [1] https://projects.ansonbiggs.com/posts/2021-08-24-julia-for-matlabbers/ https://projects.ansonbiggs.com/posts/2021-08-24-julia-for-m... [2] https://gitlab.com/MisterBiggs/julia-for-matlabbers/-/blob/master/index.html https://gitlab.com/MisterBiggs/julia-for-matlabbers/-/blob/m...
anchpop 5y ago
Wow, seems like http://observablehq.com/ http://observablehq.com/ but for julia, which is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you
- leephillips 5y ago
  The reactive model is based on that. https://lwn.net/Articles/835930/ https://lwn.net/Articles/835930/
bmitc 5y ago
That is pretty cool, and I'll definitely be taking a look (I was actually looking for what Julia was doing in the notebook space just the other day). Also the course seems interesting as well. But I feel compelled to at least remark on the fact that they call this "revolutionary", which is a bit much and cringe worthy. While it is indeed a nice package, just don't call it revolutionary, when this type of thing has been available either in part or whole in things like Mathematica, MATLAB, LabVIEW for years (decades really) and other notebooks have very nice features as well. It's just MIT can't do anything without a little hubris.
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petre 5y ago

This is so cool. I wish we had open source tools like this when I was in university and used Mathcad and Mathlab. Edit: I've just tried it and it's quite slow, but I am positive this will improve given more time and development.

logankilpatrick 5y ago

Going to add this, good idea!

civilized 5y ago

Whoaaaaaa. It's reactive?? Not sure I'd want that in all situations, but what an incredibly powerful feature.

adgjlsfhk1 5y ago
It's a seriously cool piece of tech.
- civilized 5y ago
  Nothing will ever kill spreadsheets, but if something did, it would be this.
  - fault1 5y ago
    spreadsheets are the ultimate reactive interface. I wish there were a mashup of the notebook/spreadsheet paradigm that was reactive.
    - adgjlsfhk1 5y ago
      You realize that Pluto is a reactive notebook right?
      - fault1 5y ago
        pluto is not a spreadsheet though. Observablejs just got support for Excel and Google sheets, which is really interesting and probably the closest thing to an integrated reactive spreadsheet/notebook concept: https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/release-notes#cell-801 https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/release-notes#cell-80... ironically, I remember seeing features like what I'm thinking of, which was first spreadsheet I ever used- Wingz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informix_Wingz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informix_Wingz it had a mode where you could take portion of your cells and make it flow exactly like a notebook
fault1 5y ago
you can add execution barriers to individual cells for long running processes. here is a linear algebra class taught in pluto/julia (not mine, but found it on a random google search): https://www.math.hkust.edu.hk/~emarberg/teaching/2020/Math2121/ https://www.math.hkust.edu.hk/~emarberg/teaching/2020/Math21... so I think the approach is great at least for education. the notebooks work automagically in binder! I think people are working on a wasm codegen for julia, which should a killer feature.

zabi_rauf 5y ago

Shameless plug. I have been building a blog using Next.js (for static content) with Pluto (for interactive and richer content, inspired from MIT Intro to Computation Thinking). I think it's a great combination of richness and expressive content which brings the user along with the interactiveness. Example post: https://zabirauf.dev/blog/notebooks/understanding_std https://zabirauf.dev/blog/notebooks/understanding_std Source code: https://github.com/zabirauf/blog https://github.com/zabirauf/blog P.S: Still dealing with some bugs in deploying PlutoSliderServer so interactivity is broken.

MisterBiggs 5y ago
Great idea. I was honestly pretty disappointed by how hard it was to put a blog post I wrote in Pluto onto my static website. I still really think Pluto needs a way to generate static markdown similar to jupyter and maybe create a button to "edit or run this notebook" as an image with a link to some javascript magic with the actual notebook embedded. I ended up having to use iframes which felt far from ideal[1] since the html output is a jumbled mess[2]. [1] https://projects.ansonbiggs.com/posts/2021-08-24-julia-for-matlabbers/ https://projects.ansonbiggs.com/posts/2021-08-24-julia-for-m... [2] https://gitlab.com/MisterBiggs/julia-for-matlabbers/-/blob/master/index.html https://gitlab.com/MisterBiggs/julia-for-matlabbers/-/blob/m...

anchpop 5y ago

Wow, seems like http://observablehq.com/ http://observablehq.com/ but for julia, which is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you

leephillips 5y ago
The reactive model is based on that. https://lwn.net/Articles/835930/ https://lwn.net/Articles/835930/

bmitc 5y ago

That is pretty cool, and I'll definitely be taking a look (I was actually looking for what Julia was doing in the notebook space just the other day). Also the course seems interesting as well. But I feel compelled to at least remark on the fact that they call this "revolutionary", which is a bit much and cringe worthy. While it is indeed a nice package, just don't call it revolutionary, when this type of thing has been available either in part or whole in things like Mathematica, MATLAB, LabVIEW for years (decades really) and other notebooks have very nice features as well. It's just MIT can't do anything without a little hubris.

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