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

[David Read]

On 20 June 2011 08:55, James Casbon <james.casbon at okfn.org> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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

Hi James,

Looks exciting, but I'm afraid you and Rufus have completely lost me on this...

The screenshot suggests some cool markdown extension for equations and
python code, with some javascript that renders the output and runs the
code. Sort of like live Sphinx, or the Scraperwiki code editor. Sounds
great, but where do you see the connection with CKAN?

David

> 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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