Hi all, Has anyone considered applying some of the concepts from "Inventing on Principle" to the Groovy Console? If so please let me know. Not sure what the proper channel is for this but I think some improvement could be made in steps, each step being an improvement in itself and ending in a "reactive data visualization" much like introduced by Apple about four years ago:
1. Enable option for output to be on the right side. (horizontal split) 2. Add script binding (named _c maybe) to script which has a method or methods that add a value to a list associated with current code line and variable name (propertyMissing?). x = 1; _c.x = x 3. Output the values from _c into console's output. x = 1 4. Output lines up with code line that produced it (or at least near it). 5. Option to enhance byte-code so that _c.put(name, value) gets called wherever possible without user explicitly coding it. 6. Group multiple values and don't display until a button is clicked or similar. Large output, such as images, shows in a new window/frame. 7. Add to existing output visualizers to include simple graphs of values over time. 8. Enable options to "dock" certain outputs (embed in Groovy Console) 9 or earlier. Automatically run code after code is edited (optional and automatically checks "Auto clear on Run" and unchecks "include code in output") I'm volunteering to work on this to some degree. I've got pretty close to step 4 already myself. I'm not sure about 5, but I don't think it would be too hard for someone with relevant experience. Sorry if this is old news - I didn't see any Jira issues or emails about this when I looked. Here is the "Inventing on Principle" video: https://vimeo.com/36579366 "Wait, but why?" Because groovyConsole is a great way (for beginners especially but everyone) to experiment with the language/JVM. Thanks, Adam
