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Given that the site is now slashdotted, can anyone please mention what it even is?

Blahah 13y ago
It's a Javascript version of artist mode in emacs - you can draw diagrams using ascii-art like you would in a vector design program.
- unspecified 13y ago
  I wish it was javascript! It's a Google App Engine-based Java monster: https://github.com/lewish/asciiflow https://github.com/lewish/asciiflow
  - 6cxs2hd6 13y ago
    Ergo it being an app that now only displays: Over Quota This application is temporarily over its serving quota. Please try again later.
  - kodablah 13y ago
    It is GWT, so it is transpiled to JS. I remember when I first saw this project years ago, I was impressed. Back then GWT was the best choice for statically-typed, large JS project development IMO.
    - pavel_lishin 13y ago
      We just chopped GWT out of our project a month or so ago; I'll fully admit that I didn't know much about it, but every step of the way I felt like I was battling it - it ended up being easier, faster and more testable to write our own JS for the front-end.
    - tantalor 13y ago
      Can a GWT app be served statically? Do you need a backend? Can't you just compile it to JS+HTML and be done?
      - kodablah 13y ago
        It absolutely can and I have done it many times back in the day. Granted I have moved on to alternatives these days.
- sebastianavina 13y ago
  sorry for my ignorance, but what is the practical use for this?
  - cpayne 13y ago
    It's a clever tool for creating Ascii art. Not for everyone, but if you've ever tried to create boxes and lines in ascii, this is a tool that makes that so much easier . This is something I might use in source code to describe / draw the relationship between elements.
  - pmr_ 13y ago
    I do a lot of geometry related programming and the ability to add some graphic illustrations directly into the source code comes in handy every now and then. Also, everybody needs a small ascii graphic in the output from time to time. EDIT: Language.
  - dsl 13y ago
    If you have ever written a standards draft, they are exclusively in plain text. For examples, load up http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc821.html http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc821.html and start scrolling.
- Fasebook 13y ago
  > artist mode in emacs I'd rather see that on the front page. Yes, like this: http://www.cinsk.org/emacs/emacs-artist.html http://www.cinsk.org/emacs/emacs-artist.html

It's a Javascript version of artist mode in emacs - you can draw diagrams using ascii-art like you would in a vector design program.

unspecified 13y ago
I wish it was javascript! It's a Google App Engine-based Java monster: https://github.com/lewish/asciiflow https://github.com/lewish/asciiflow
- 6cxs2hd6 13y ago
  Ergo it being an app that now only displays: Over Quota This application is temporarily over its serving quota. Please try again later.
- kodablah 13y ago
  It is GWT, so it is transpiled to JS. I remember when I first saw this project years ago, I was impressed. Back then GWT was the best choice for statically-typed, large JS project development IMO.
  - pavel_lishin 13y ago
    We just chopped GWT out of our project a month or so ago; I'll fully admit that I didn't know much about it, but every step of the way I felt like I was battling it - it ended up being easier, faster and more testable to write our own JS for the front-end.
  - tantalor 13y ago
    Can a GWT app be served statically? Do you need a backend? Can't you just compile it to JS+HTML and be done?
    - kodablah 13y ago
      It absolutely can and I have done it many times back in the day. Granted I have moved on to alternatives these days.
sebastianavina 13y ago
sorry for my ignorance, but what is the practical use for this?
- cpayne 13y ago
  It's a clever tool for creating Ascii art. Not for everyone, but if you've ever tried to create boxes and lines in ascii, this is a tool that makes that so much easier . This is something I might use in source code to describe / draw the relationship between elements.
- pmr_ 13y ago
  I do a lot of geometry related programming and the ability to add some graphic illustrations directly into the source code comes in handy every now and then. Also, everybody needs a small ascii graphic in the output from time to time. EDIT: Language.
- dsl 13y ago
  If you have ever written a standards draft, they are exclusively in plain text. For examples, load up http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc821.html http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc821.html and start scrolling.
Fasebook 13y ago
> artist mode in emacs I'd rather see that on the front page. Yes, like this: http://www.cinsk.org/emacs/emacs-artist.html http://www.cinsk.org/emacs/emacs-artist.html