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When can we get the VS Code extension? 🙏🏼😅

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Maggie

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@Mappletons

· Jul 11, 2021

Wonderful exploration of a semi-graphical notation for JavaScript by @notsolonecoder 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

Pretty wild we don’t already have VS code extensions like this. We’re sorely missing the “visual” part of the studio experience

Bopuc

@Bopuc

Jul 11, 2021

Right? So far the "Visual" in Visual Studio Code is just extreme clutter and color themes :(

Blaine Cook

@blaine

Jul 11, 2021

Most of the usefulness of "GUI" text editors that just manipulate plain text goes right into the obsolescence bin with this sort of approach to editing code.

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VPLs like this one are primarily valuable in educational environments / as training wheels – making the implicit slightly more explicit. They’re not intended to be used for professional engineering.

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XCode & Swift aren't far off this approach, and tbh I prefer it. Worrying about formatting is an archaic and pointless game imho.

Feel free to not worry about it. If other people find different visual presentations of code useful, maybe best to let them ;)

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