Hi wave I m creating a code explorer inspired by

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Hi wave 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

André Terron · Answer

That s cool What are you using to navigate to the definitions I built in the past using

Daniel Garcia · Answer

ts morph looks cool for now I m using the output of to navigate The code is still pretty hardcoded but I m using

xyzzy · Answer

This is awesome Could you make it usable for any programming language You could perhaps implement this UI ontop of VSCode

Daniel Garcia · Answer

Yeah 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 man shrugging

Daniel Garcia · Answer

One 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 `show` function opens twice because I want to have a call tree and it will make more sense once live values are added

Daniel Garcia · Answer

One 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 smiley

Kartik Agaram · Answer

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

Daniel Garcia · Answer

Every 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

Kartik Agaram · Answer

I see Do edits in one call get reflected in the other

Daniel Garcia · Answer

Ideally 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