[ckan-dev] Fwd: Data processing in the browser: codenode-ng

Mon Jun 20 07:55:42 UTC 2011

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From: James Casbon <james.casbon at okfn.org>
Date: 19 June 2011 15:43
Subject: Data processing in the browser: codenode-ng
To: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>, Friedrich Lindenberg
<friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org>, ckan-dev at okfn.org

Hello Everyone.

I have been discussing with Rufus what I have been up to developing a
new version of codenode, and he thinks there are similarities with
what you guys are thinking about with CKAN.

Before you go any further, you should probably look at the attached
screen shot which will give you a flavour.  Codenode attempts to
create programming notebooks made up of a list of cells.  Each cell as
input that can be evaluated which is then placed underneath the input.
 At the moment, you can use text cells evaluated in the browser and
python cells evaluated on a server.

I have simplified the original codenode in a few ways that are
probably not that interesting to you, but the main work on this
version so far has been the frontend javascript (embedding the ace
editor).  I would be intersted to hear what you think on that front at
the very least.

If you are feeling brave, please try the code at
https://github.com/jamescasbon/codenode-ng

It is very alpha, with no setup.py.  Check the README, but you should
be able to install a few packages to get it to work.

If you like what we see, I can explain more about my vision for the
engine architecture so you can see if it might fit with where you are
going.

Cheers,
James

PS I really need to improve the
setup/docs/licensing/testing/permissions/security/etc etc etc!
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