[racket] try-racket alternative

  Thanks for the compliment!


I’ll publish a couple of blog posts later today, which detail how I use nginx to proxy the web server requests, and daemontools to manage it.


Best,
Floyd





> On Feb 26, 2015, at 7:48 AM, Matt Jadud <matt at jadud.com> wrote:
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> Without comparing one to the other, I really like it.
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> What I'd like to do, personally, for the next time I run a PL course (where I do a rapid run through the foundations of HtDP to introduce the language) is be able to develop a series of tutorials that leverage a framework like this. Coupled with some pre-recorded lecture content (or not), the tutorials could be used for concept introduction and initial practice, while DrR + unit tests could provide the framing for the second round of exploration. (Yes, I know, writing checks are an important part of the learning process, but sometimes I provide a few tests on a few problems to get them started.)
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> Either way, very cool, and thanks for making it open. Very nice.
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> Cheers,
> Matt
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> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:57 AM, J Arcane <jarcane at gmail.com
>>wrote:
>> Oh wow! This is quite lovely. Definitely an improvement so far, in my book.
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>> I believe that the one included in try-racket is mostly based upon the Quick Guide: http://docs.racket-lang.org/quick/
>> The examples are largely similar, I think just a few things were tweaked or abbreviated.
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>> The state of the web front-end is mostly unmodified because I simply didn't have much in the way of web-design skills when I took on the project. I treated the JS side in particular as little more than a black box. I've picked up some JS/HTML since, but my skills as an admin or a web dev still leave a lot to be desired. 
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>> Ultimately, my interest has always been in just seeing to it that there was a high-quality online repl available for Racket somewhere, and at the time, none was hosted, so I took up the repo because I needed to be able to easily push changes to get it working.
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>> This is all just a rambling lead up to say that I really like what you've done with the thing, and to be perfectly honest would be quite happy to hand over the domain. 
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>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Floyd Arguello <floyd.arguello at gmail.com
>>>wrote:
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>>> Thank you!
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>>> They are enjoying Racket - Realm of Racket is a phenomenal book.
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>>> Floyd
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>>>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at cs.indiana.edu
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>>>> This is really nicely done! I hope your daughters are enjoying Racket
>>>> as well. :)
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>>>> Sam
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>>>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Floyd Arguello
>>>> <floyd.arguello at gmail.com
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> I found that my daughters had a lot of questions when they went through the
>>>>> tutorial at http://try-racket.org/
>>>>> - what’s a function? What’s a binding?
>>>>> Lambda? Lexical scope?
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>>>>> So, I thought I’d create an alternative to try-racket - for kids ages 12 and
>>>>> up, give or take.
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>>>>> With that in mind, I forked https://github.com/jarcane/try-racket
>>>>> , applied a
>>>>> new design, and added:
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>>>>> * the bootstrap js framework
>>>>> * the ability to clear and reset the console (doesn’t clear pictures yet)
>>>>> * multi-line entries in the console - auto indents at 2 spaces (needs more
>>>>> work)
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>>>>> I also removed “context” from the error messages - to keep the errors short
>>>>> and sweet.
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>>>>> It’s very much a work in progress, but you can see it here:
>>>>> http://trycode.io/
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>>>>> As for the content, one idea is to rewrite the tutorial for a younger, less
>>>>> experienced crowd, and use the “info” box in the lower left to provide
>>>>> additional information, terminology, context, etc…
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>>>>> Another idea is to write a simple, text-based game; though it lacks the
>>>>> instant gratification of a picture appearing in the console.
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>>>>> Any ideas/feedback?
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>>>>> Anyone want to pitch in? :)
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>>>>> https://github.com/arguello/trycode.io
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>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Floyd
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