Web IDE for TXT

[ft-ninja]

Hello folks,

what do you think about IDE released as web application? It could work on any platform: Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android or iOS without installation to user device. You can check my prototype here - http://pacpac.ru/sandbox/robopro-web/robopro/index.html



Could anybody help me with development or my idea is nonsense?

[olagino]

Hello ft-ninja,

This Project ist very, very cool! Your idea in't nonsense! Poorly I don't know, how to make such things like this , but I hope, that this project get's continued....


olagino

[ft-ninja]

Hi olagino,

Thanks for reply. Did you tested my prototype? Which OS/browser you used?

Hello ft-ninja,
This Project ist very, very cool! Your idea in't nonsense! Poorly I don't know, how to make such things like this , but I hope, that this project get's continued....
olagino

[vleeuwen]

MS-IE 11 shows a not-support message

[ft-ninja]

Sorry. It seems that I have very old mxGraph js library in my demo. I made this prototype in 2013 when this lib (1.10.4.2) was distributed under CREATIVE COMMONS PUBLIC LICENSE. Now I checked for fresh version and found that now this lib available only for commercial purposes.

I have to connect with developers concerning legal use of this lib.

MS-IE 11 shows a not-support message

[Marspau]

@ vleeuwen
It works with the new Microsoft edge, which is included with Windows 10.

Regards
Marspau

[vleeuwen]

Bad luck, I can't find an edge browser for Windows 7 and 8.1.
So this does not work for me.

[niekerk]

Hi,

This is a great idea!

In what direction are you thinking?
What would be the first goal?

Regards,
Paul

[Jori]

Hi ft-ninja,

great idea, really good job! I've tested it with Mozilla Firefox on Windows 7 and had no problems. I hope, that you will refine and finish this project.

greetings, Jori

[ft-ninja]

Dear, FT-Community members,

thanks a lot for warm response.

The first goal will be fully functional editor with limited set of programming elements and in-browser physics engine to test user's flowcharts in virtual world.

If you are an JavaScript guru and want to contribute to this project, then please drop me a message in PM.

Hi ft-ninja,

great idea, really good job! I've tested it with Mozilla Firefox on Windows 7 and had no problems. I hope, that you will refine and finish this project.

greetings, Jori

[DasKasperle]

Hello ft-Ninja,
what a funtastic Project!
Please keep us informed about further developments in this Project.

Best Regards
KAi

[heikoh]

Hello ft-ninja,

what a nice project. Keep up the work and I wish you all the best to get support from FT. This is the way the future will look like. I worked with the particle photon (arduino clone, completly web based programming) and the way to work with it is just perfect.

Just imagine how much savings FT could realize. There is no need to test it on different OS, Versions, etc. and the programming works from any device. The download to the TXT would then be done via WLAN (see particle Photon). Programs could be shared between users. Libraries could be shared between users.

Would be great if FT realizes the potential and gives you support or makes a complete community project out of it... Due to wxWidgets based RoboPro, if the source could be somehow supplied together with wxjavascript the process could be fastened a lot.

Keep on the excellent work! This is the future

BR

Heiko

[Rei Vilo]

Hello ft-ninja:

Congratulations for this very interesting project.

Have you considered Node-RED?



The GUI comes right out-of-the-box and runs on any OS. Node-RED focuses on IoT and is expandable with new functions —or nodes— easy to create. The available libraries —or flows— are impressive. Finally, documentation is excellent.

• Website: http://nodered.org
• Documentation: http://nodered.org/docs
• Adding new functions (nodes): http://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes
• APIs: http://nodered.org/docs/api
• Additional libraries (flows): http://flows.nodered.org

[ft-ninja]

Hello Rei,

Happy to hear from you. Thanks for the tip. Seems interesting.

Hello ft-ninja:

Congratulations for this very interesting project.

Have you considered Node-RED?



The GUI comes right out-of-the-box and runs on any OS. Node-RED focuses on IoT and is expandable with new functions —or nodes— easy to create. The available libraries —or flows— are impressive. Finally, documentation is excellent.

• Website: http://nodered.org
• Documentation: http://nodered.org/docs
• Adding new functions (nodes): http://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes
• APIs: http://nodered.org/docs/api
• Additional libraries (flows): http://flows.nodered.org

[Rei Vilo]

You're welcome!

And Node-RED could run on the Robotics TXT directly. No more multiple releases for each OS.

[MasterOfGizmo]

This is great. And it's exactly what I'd to see running on top of the community firmware.

[Rito]

I run on my mac. I think this idea is very great!

[Rei Vilo]

I've developed smartNode, an I²C-driven BLE interface that connects the RoboTX to Node-RED. Node-RED provides a nice IDE to design and run a dashboard.





Since the Robotics TXT features a full-sized Linux computer, why not to run the Node-RED server natively on the Robotics TXT? This way, Node-RED would offer a nice alternative to RoboPro.

[ft-ninja]

Hello Rei,

Looks nice. I also tested my web IDE prototype on TXT using Node.js runtime environment. In this case TXT works as server dispatching requests from clients browsers.