Wonderful exploration of a semi-graphical notation for JavaScript by
Removes the potential for syntax errors and visually displays tree structures
Original talk: youtube.com/watch?v=UH0A2i
Project is called “Splootcode”: github.com/katharosada/sp
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Maybe it would be interesting to a semi-graphical note-taking app for zettelkasten.
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I'm on the "Goals" slide:
"- Real-world programming language
- Readable, scannable layout
- No arbitrary symbols
- No operator precedence rules
- Fast navigation and editing"
and they strangely rhyme with Lisp (Clojure?) and Smalltalk
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That’s a bad take.
This is an interesting experiment which _should_ be encouraged. Programming syntax is confusing and hard to learn at first, offering visual tools to help people get familiar with the concepts without getting it wrong is a great win for onboarding new folk.
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Any step away from SCRATCH is a good one. Joking aside, this is very good.
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