Martin, This sounds like a fantastic idea, and as Zack said very Mathematica like. We have ClojureScript so building a very powerful cross-platform graphical environment is very much in reach. It also seems that WebKit can integrate easily with Java applications?
While building a simple Bret Victor style editor is interesting and neat - I think a rich extensible, graphical, interactive REPL a-la Mathematica that's easy to integrate into existing projects would be a real asset to the community. David On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Martin Forsgren <martin.forsg...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello! > I am thinking of applying to GSoC and I found the proposal to continue > working on Chris Grangers Clojure(script)-editor in "Bret Victor- > style" really interesting. > > I have some ideas on features that I think would be nice to have, > other than opening, saving and compiling files: > > Visualization of functions à la Bret Victor (Let the user give example > input, then print the values of all local vars (and maybe return > values of function calls) at the side of the function). Using > clojure.tools.trace or CDT perhaps? > Possibility to add the example input and the corresponding expected > output as an unit test for the function. > > Pluggable ui-widgets (like the slider and colorpicker in Brets talk). > Examples: slider, checkbox, colorpicker, filechooser, datepicker, > mouse movement recorder, piano?, whatever. > (predicate dispatch to determine what widget to choose? :) > > Pluggable widgets for visualising data(structures) could also be > created.(Perhaps inline widgets? Although I think that most often > would be more annoying than helpful.) > > Use kibit to highlight code that could be rewritten. > > Visualising the call-stack (as Chris suggested) > > Graphs of relations between namespaces. > > What do you think? Do you have other ideas? What features do you think > one should focus on first ? Please give some feedback. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
