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The bp editor has similar features (code bubbles), though dynamic evaluation and code bubble workspaces are still in development. And I'm pretty sure it won't c

The bp editor has similar features (code bubbles), though dynamic evaluation and code bubble workspaces are still in development. And I'm pretty sure it won't cost me 300k to finish it. http://blitzprog.org/ http://blitzprog.org/

rastapanda 14y ago
That website is awful.
- blitzprog 14y ago
  Alright, what do you want me to fix then?
  - haar 14y ago
    It requires a lot of effort to get information. The embedded auto-playing video reminds me of pre-Facebook social networking, requiring further effort turning it off (especially after scrolling down trying to figure out what's what) before a user can then move their cursor around the site to access the content they wants.
    - blitzprog 14y ago
      Thank you, I modified it a bit so that this shouldn't be an issue now.
  - schrototo 14y ago
    Do you really need somebody to tell you that black-on-black text is maybe not such a good idea? Any why the hell is there a music video?
  - ericb 14y ago
    Not the op, but some considerations: The screenshot isn't readable, feels odd tacked on at the bottom, and if you click it, you don't get an enlarged version. This is a language, not an editor, right? That's what the title says. But where is the hello world? Where is the list of snippets to give you a feel for the language?
    - blitzprog 14y ago
      Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try to work on it. Both the language and the editor are currently in development (it's just an alpha version) but as a user you need to use the editor due to technical reasons (syntaxless). Of course you could write your own editor and just use bp as a standalone compiler but that would mean you need to develop an editor that can produce the generic XML output. I'm pretty sure nobody wants to do this so I'm working on a default IDE to make it more user-friendly.
- johnconroy 14y ago
  Well for what it's worth, I disagree.
slurgfest 14y ago
More feedback - I like the site's appearance just fine (I use low contrast colorschemes when programming so that's fine for me). But it's also pretty overwhelming with the sheer word volume on the first page. I don't yet understand why I would use it. I find that it's hard to interpret much of the promotional copy. Suppose I use (just to choose something) Ruby, what sort of projects or reasons should I switch for? Editing on an AST is a neat idea. I think it is a neat idea for an editor. Coupling tightly to a particular editor is going to hurt the adoption of your language, just like coupling to a particular language hurts the adoption of your editor. But it seems like you have some neat ideas and I hope you are not too discouraged by the negative feedback.
- blitzprog 14y ago
  Appreciate it, sorry that I don't have the time at the moment to give you a detailed answer. Short answer would be: Performance, Scalability and Reusability but that sounds too abstract. Maybe I'll find the time to write an article about future plans.
FlyingSnake 14y ago
This is a neat concept and I liked it. The website is a bit confusing and I thought BP is a text editor like LightTable. The links are clickable and doesn't lead to anywhere added to the confusion. A few use cases will be helpful. Is it customizable and supports other languages? I would love to see this evolve into something bigger. Keep up the good work!
- blitzprog 14y ago
  Thanks, it is really motivating to hear this. I'll definitely keep working on it and there are some planned features which I didn't even mention yet, I just need to find the time to develop them. Support for other languages is currently not the primary goal but it could be implemented later.

rastapanda 14y ago

That website is awful.

blitzprog 14y ago
Alright, what do you want me to fix then?
- haar 14y ago
  It requires a lot of effort to get information. The embedded auto-playing video reminds me of pre-Facebook social networking, requiring further effort turning it off (especially after scrolling down trying to figure out what's what) before a user can then move their cursor around the site to access the content they wants.
  - blitzprog 14y ago
    Thank you, I modified it a bit so that this shouldn't be an issue now.
- schrototo 14y ago
  Do you really need somebody to tell you that black-on-black text is maybe not such a good idea? Any why the hell is there a music video?
- ericb 14y ago
  Not the op, but some considerations: The screenshot isn't readable, feels odd tacked on at the bottom, and if you click it, you don't get an enlarged version. This is a language, not an editor, right? That's what the title says. But where is the hello world? Where is the list of snippets to give you a feel for the language?
  - blitzprog 14y ago
    Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try to work on it. Both the language and the editor are currently in development (it's just an alpha version) but as a user you need to use the editor due to technical reasons (syntaxless). Of course you could write your own editor and just use bp as a standalone compiler but that would mean you need to develop an editor that can produce the generic XML output. I'm pretty sure nobody wants to do this so I'm working on a default IDE to make it more user-friendly.
johnconroy 14y ago
Well for what it's worth, I disagree.

slurgfest 14y ago

More feedback - I like the site's appearance just fine (I use low contrast colorschemes when programming so that's fine for me). But it's also pretty overwhelming with the sheer word volume on the first page. I don't yet understand why I would use it. I find that it's hard to interpret much of the promotional copy. Suppose I use (just to choose something) Ruby, what sort of projects or reasons should I switch for? Editing on an AST is a neat idea. I think it is a neat idea for an editor. Coupling tightly to a particular editor is going to hurt the adoption of your language, just like coupling to a particular language hurts the adoption of your editor. But it seems like you have some neat ideas and I hope you are not too discouraged by the negative feedback.

blitzprog 14y ago
Appreciate it, sorry that I don't have the time at the moment to give you a detailed answer. Short answer would be: Performance, Scalability and Reusability but that sounds too abstract. Maybe I'll find the time to write an article about future plans.

FlyingSnake 14y ago

This is a neat concept and I liked it. The website is a bit confusing and I thought BP is a text editor like LightTable. The links are clickable and doesn't lead to anywhere added to the confusion. A few use cases will be helpful. Is it customizable and supports other languages? I would love to see this evolve into something bigger. Keep up the good work!

blitzprog 14y ago
Thanks, it is really motivating to hear this. I'll definitely keep working on it and there are some planned features which I didn't even mention yet, I just need to find the time to develop them. Support for other languages is currently not the primary goal but it could be implemented later.