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Why did it have to be pixelated in appearance? It would be far more attractive as anti-aliased vector lines and type. The red highlighting reminds me of electr

Why did it have to be pixelated in appearance? It would be far more attractive as anti-aliased vector lines and type. The red highlighting reminds me of electricity in the classic circuit problem game _Rocky's Boots_ on the Apple ][. As I've posted in similar discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42051536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42051536 The problem here, as always is that there isn't an agreed-upon answer for the question: >What does an algorithm look like? The problem is expressiveness of such a diagram is bounded by the size of a screen or a sheet of paper, and once one starts to scroll, or can't see the entire flow at a glance, things get complicated. The node/wire programming folks have this a bit rougher to the point that there are sites such as: https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/ https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/ https://scriptsofanotherdimension.tumblr.com/ https://scriptsofanotherdimension.tumblr.com/ I prefer to work visually, but not sure if that's actually valid --- unfortunately https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ https://www.blockscad3d.com/editor/ doesn't support all of OpenSCAD and https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor has problems with a stylus (I have to leave the Windows Settings app open to toggle stylus behaviour which is enough friction that I don't use it as much as I would otherwise). There are promising tools though: https://nodezator.com/ https://nodezator.com/ and https://ryven.org/ https://ryven.org/ are very cool.

FrustratedMonky 2y ago
For this link you gave https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/ https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/ What is link to some more background on the 'blueprint' app. I couldn't find it.
- kevindamm 2y ago
  It's Unreal Engine 4 (the UE4 in the in-body title).. seems all or most of them are in the animations control flow editor. You can find a similar interface in Unity's Animation controller editor, too. Sometimes you'll find this interface in behavior tree editors and shader editors within both UE4 and Unity, also.
pjmlp 2y ago
The problem is that while on text based languages folks quickly learn to use subroutines and modules/packages, apparently the same concept seems alien to anyone that hasn't done digital circuit design. Most visual languages, support subroutines and modules/packages as well, no need to design a gigantic piece of spaghetti. If anything, visual languages make it clear straight away when the code is a mess.
- WillAdams 2y ago
  Yes, but if one uses subroutines/modules, then one ends up with the wall of text which one was presumably attempting to escape from --- just wrapped up in coloured boxes/connected with lines. GraphSCAD at least affords an option to add an image to a module representation, preserving some of the visual aspect --- I believe OpenSCAD Graph Editor has that in the works (if it's not already done).

FrustratedMonky 2y ago

For this link you gave https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/ https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/ What is link to some more background on the 'blueprint' app. I couldn't find it.

kevindamm 2y ago
It's Unreal Engine 4 (the UE4 in the in-body title).. seems all or most of them are in the animations control flow editor. You can find a similar interface in Unity's Animation controller editor, too. Sometimes you'll find this interface in behavior tree editors and shader editors within both UE4 and Unity, also.

pjmlp 2y ago

The problem is that while on text based languages folks quickly learn to use subroutines and modules/packages, apparently the same concept seems alien to anyone that hasn't done digital circuit design. Most visual languages, support subroutines and modules/packages as well, no need to design a gigantic piece of spaghetti. If anything, visual languages make it clear straight away when the code is a mess.

WillAdams 2y ago
Yes, but if one uses subroutines/modules, then one ends up with the wall of text which one was presumably attempting to escape from --- just wrapped up in coloured boxes/connected with lines. GraphSCAD at least affords an option to add an image to a module representation, preserving some of the visual aspect --- I believe OpenSCAD Graph Editor has that in the works (if it's not already done).