Hi :wave:, I'm creating a code explorer inspired b...
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Daniel Garcia
04/19/2022, 3:54 AMHi 👋, I'm creating a code explorer inspired by . The difference is that bubbles are not draggable, and everything has an automatic layout.
Here is a video with the progress of the first weeks.
You can give it a try to this really early version at https://minimalistidev2.netlify.app/
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André Terron
04/19/2022, 5:28 PMThat's cool! What are you using to navigate to the definitions? I built something similar in the past using ts-morph
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xyzzy
04/19/2022, 7:04 PMThis is awesome! Could you make it usable for any programming language ? You could perhaps implement this UI ontop of VSCode.
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Daniel Garcia
04/19/2022, 7:39 PMYeah, it could work for any language, for now it only works for javascript. I want to focus on a research phase to see what UX interactions are useful, so I'm building it as a SPA for now. I might work on a VSCode extension in the future 🤷♂️
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Daniel Garcia
04/20/2022, 3:15 AMOne thing that's not shown in the video is that the bubles open in the order that the functions are defined. A second comment is that the
showDaniel Garcia
04/25/2022, 2:51 AMOne of my favorite features of editors is when I click a term and all its uses are highlighted, but why is the highlight constrained to a single file?
I spend so much time looking at multiple files trying to trace where a value was defined or modified.
Here is a demo of a multilevel highlight, looking forward to read your comments 😃
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Kartik Agaram
04/25/2022, 5:59 AM
So function arguments know the variable passed in at the call site? What if the caller had multiple calls to the function with contradictory arguments?
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Daniel Garcia
04/26/2022, 1:34 AMEvery function call will open a separate "bubble". Rn I'm in research mode exploring this option, and so far it feels good.
It creates a call tree, instead of how we normally see code with a closer representation of the codebase instead of the runtime.
Does it make sense @Kartik Agaram? Here is video that might make it easier to understand
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Kartik Agaram
04/26/2022, 1:36 AM
I see. Do edits in one call get reflected in the other?
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Daniel Garcia
04/26/2022, 1:46 AMIdeally yes. But I'm focusing on a code explorer for now, with no editing ability.
I want to make a semantic editing experience, whenever I get to that point
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