When I saw this post I thought to myself "Code with colour filters applied?" When I clicked through it turns out it is just grey on grey so I can easily see why some wouldn't get it.
It'd be cooler if you could evaluate the expressions. I saw an API for save evaluation of user's code somewhere on reddit the other day, that might help
So ACE editor + GitHub API + Commenting and Liking. It's a very, very simple concept. I think mainly what it has going for it is the limited barrier to entry. I'm just not sure what the long term sustainability is. Mainly its lacking the personal network aspect. I have no way of finding the developers I'm following on GitHub.
It's a nice novelty, but it certainly won't ever usurp Gists. I'm not sure that it was intended to. However, there is one aspect of the site that really irks me: the wood grain background. For whatever reason, this style has become really pervasive among "hacked-together" sites. Moreover, it sucks. The site would be better served with a geometric pattern, or no background at all.
Could you elaborate on why the wood grain background sucks?
I'm working on a project and I'm considering using a wood grain background for a specific UX, but I'm not a designer and have been postponing making any decisions about it.
The organic pattern and light color are somewhat distracting. It also doesn't seem thematically consistant, and sort of belies the idea of a modern site focused on programming.
Most of all, I just get this visceral sense that wood grain is sort of distasteful, and that plain backgrounds are more aesthetically pleasing.
Hm. I've been thinking about going with a darker wood. (And it is thematically consistent in my case, since my goal is to evoke the sense of an old, well-kept bookcase; the project has nothing to do with programming beyond, well, the fact that I'm coding it.)
I'll think about it. I'll pass it through people with actual skill at UX first, too.
I would love this idea, if it was limited to 10-20 lines. The forced conciseness of it would make devs focus on brief concepts and structure, rather than complex methods. It would end up being like Dribble rather than Gist/PasteBin, and be a great place to browse for techniques I hadn't previously encountered. Think about how fun it would be to scan through an Instagram style list of stuff like this:
############~C~#############
if ((1?1:var)/2) {
/* it's floating point */
} else {
/* it's an integer */
}
#######~Objective-C~########
+ (NSString *) append:(id) first, ...
{
NSString * result = @"";
id eachArg;
va_list alist;
if(first)
{
result = [result stringByAppendingString:first];
va_start(alist, first);
while (eachArg = va_arg(alist, id))
result = [result stringByAppendingString:eachArg];
va_end(alist);
}
return result;
}
#########~PHP~##############
$object = new StdClass;
$object->foo = 'bar';
echo json_encode($object);
############################
I know they aren't the best example, but I would love to be able to scan through a list of small code snippets (by language) that demonstrate concepts. On the plus side, it would be an easier way to show some competence in a language (for future employers) than having to do massive contributions to open source projects (don't have that much free time). The thing that makes or breaks this project is a smallish limit on lines. Without it, you are just another Gist/Pastebin, without the benefits of the wide user base and additional features. I have zero desire to chill at night and scan through a bunch of random 100+ line snippets that I have no context for, but I love goofing around on Stackoverflow, looking at fancy code snippets
Nope. Having '1' as the condition in the ternary operator, causes 'var' to never be evaluated (to avoid accidental operations with getters and such), but the compiler allows the 'var' to affect if the '1' is treated as a float or an int. Here's a breakdown:
if var is a float...
(1?1:var)/2
...becomes...
(1.0/2)
...which equals 0.5 and is considered true when evaluated. But if var is an int...
(1?1:var)/2
...becomes...
(1/2)
...which equals 0 and is considered false when evaluated
Is that part of the spec for coercions, or is it exploiting a typical compiler's behavior? It certainly doesn't appear to be a required way to process that statement (optimizations could remove the 'if' portion entirely), unless it is actually required of the compiler.
Hyperpolyglot has some of this stuff. It doesn't provide particularly rich and deep examples, but it is an easily scannable list of small code snippets. If you haven't seen it already, you should take a look.
I see it more akin to Dribbble than Instagram. You could also introduce 'rebound' - which is improving/optimizing/add your personal touch to the 'shot' (uploaded image, or code in this case).
I'm actually going to try and redesign this as my case study for this weekend, thanks for sharing!
Those are both focused exclusively on the web though. It would be cool to have something like those but for a wider community; there's more to programming than HTML/CSS/JS.
This project is missing one major, necessary feature: direct submission from your IDE/editor of choice. Creating a write-enabled API is probably the first step towards that.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 88.3 ms ] threadIt's a funny idea, I like it!
Facebook is going to buy it for 50 million dollars.
I'm working on a project and I'm considering using a wood grain background for a specific UX, but I'm not a designer and have been postponing making any decisions about it.
Most of all, I just get this visceral sense that wood grain is sort of distasteful, and that plain backgrounds are more aesthetically pleasing.
http://cl.ly/image/3R392H2g371t
I'll think about it. I'll pass it through people with actual skill at UX first, too.
############~C~#############
#######~Objective-C~######## #########~PHP~############## ############################I know they aren't the best example, but I would love to be able to scan through a list of small code snippets (by language) that demonstrate concepts. On the plus side, it would be an easier way to show some competence in a language (for future employers) than having to do massive contributions to open source projects (don't have that much free time). The thing that makes or breaks this project is a smallish limit on lines. Without it, you are just another Gist/Pastebin, without the benefits of the wide user base and additional features. I have zero desire to chill at night and scan through a bunch of random 100+ line snippets that I have no context for, but I love goofing around on Stackoverflow, looking at fancy code snippets
https://coderwall.com/n/python https://coderwall.com/n/ruby https://coderwall.com/n/haskell
if var is a float...
...becomes... ...which equals 0.5 and is considered true when evaluated. But if var is an int... ...becomes... ...which equals 0 and is considered false when evaluatedhttp://hyperpolyglot.org/scripting
Also I think a great purpose for this would be to highlight particular bits of code/changes found in git, even if it is just a part of a gist.
I'm actually going to try and redesign this as my case study for this weekend, thanks for sharing!
Only one column layout isn't the best idea for such site. Maybe 3 thumbnail in a row would be better?