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Its a template for building a pipeline. Naming it after this metaphor ("jspipe"?) might work better. It's more like a OpenRefine[0] than Excel; that analogy doe
by vdm 13y ago
Its a template for building a pipeline. Naming it after this metaphor ("jspipe"?) might work better. It's more like a OpenRefine[0] than Excel; that analogy doesn't work at all for me.
It's a REPL in the sense that when you click Run, the value of the current evaluation is used (Looped) as the input for the next expression, but this stretches the common understanding, and naming it this way fails to communicate.
The full page transition when you click Run loses the implicit history from a teletype or terminal scrollback. A shell works because you can see two or more values were visible at the same time. The second pane could then show the code of the currently selected value. You could even show the diff/patch between the values as well.
The 'Run' text should look like a button rather than a label, and be moved to the right. It might work even better to just evaluate the code on a timeout without an explicit gesture.
0. http://openrefine.org/ http://openrefine.org/
Edited: for more positive feedback.
- mkl 13y agoYes, it's a repl, sort of, but calling it "repl" is like calling a new text editor "editor" or a new programming language "language", seriously confusing and impossible to search for.
- zem 13y agothey should have called it "rep" and put up a rant proclaiming "REP IS THE ONE TRUE REPL"
- spolu 13y agojspipe is indeed a good name... repl is vague I have to admit.