Many people did not understand the video so I am going to create a detailed explanation.
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Why do you say that?
I still have to eat though :)
There is a plan for a lengthier explanation video. The intention of the video was to show that it can be done. Of course, some kind of explanation and training is needed for everything, I don't dispute that.
The exact method is not that important but the goal itself. But of course, you have a point. The explanation is planned but had no time for it yet.
I need the money to develop it fully. If it was usable at this point, I would release it, no doubt. I want something out of the door ASAP, that's why it is focusing on 2D games first. That is feasible but still hard. This is really not a technology in the traditional sense. The runtime itself is nothing new. The real thing is the UX, that is how programming can be made more efficient to do. I believe if someone supports this, he/she supports the goal of this project, not the concrete implementation.
No, I haven't considered it yet. To be frank, my plate is full right now.
Yes, those would work too.
FRP seems about right and I wanted it to look cool :). But no flowcharts, those represent steps. If you are talking about the logical symbols, they are not step based at all. Rather more similar to physically implemented logical circuits.
String example: if you have "foo" and "bar", both are a list of characters. Now, "bar" has a beginning represented by a handle and you drag that handle to the end of "foo". Very briefly something like that. Of course, not everything is set in stone and we need to try multiple approaches to see which one is the fastest.
There is an alternative non-fullscreen link available but Amazon CloudFront cache hasn't been updated yet.
Actually more like Stop Drawing Dead Fish by Bret Victor: https://vimeo.com/64895205
He is my hero actually :)
Actually, that presents the code in a visual way while this allows you to work on the thing itself. Similar to Stop Drawing Dead Fish by Bret Victor: https://vimeo.com/64895205
Fullscreen issue has been fixed but the old version of the website is still cached.
As a quick fix, I've put there a direct link to that video.
fixed, the old one is still cached though
I'm on it!
I know about them both, but thanks anyway. I follow BV and Toby Schachman too on Twitter. (and Eve, Chris Granger, CDG Labs and also HARC). You are the first new one in a year or so.
Are there any other projects similar to this?
(I'm working on something related but this came as a surprise: I've never even heard about this project even though a have been researching fanatically in this topic.)