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graphscad
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Show HN: Flyde – an open-source visual programming language
As a visual person (traditionally trained as a graphic artist), I've wanted this sort of thing for a long while, and I've been trying to use it for 3D.
Surprisingly, there are multiple specialized tools for this:
- https://www.blockscad3d.com --- an adaptation of Google's Blockly to OpenSCAD
- https://github.com/derkork/openscad-graph-editor --- wires and nodes, it has the advantage of exposing _all_ of OpenSCAD's commands (the above has a subset)
- https://github.com/Tanneguydv/Pythonocc-nodes-for-Ryven --- a module for using PythonOCC in Ryven --- when I finally succeeded, I found the language inscrutable, even when provided w/ quite nice examples (definitely a failing on my part, not that of the tool)
- https://github.com/graphscad/graphscad --- it took a long while for the source code for this to be made available, and for a while it had compatibility problems (why was "cube" redefined?) --- probably defunct for political reasons, it had some interesting ideas, in particular the ability to have custom icons for modules
- https://www.nodebox.net --- if memory serves I got hung up by not easily being able to do 3D, and when doing 2D having precision problems (or maybe that was Processing.org)
and I've been using these tools to make various things:
https://willadams.gitbook.io/design-into-3d/3d-project
(and maybe eventually I'll finish something)
The problem I've been running into is there doesn't seem to be an answer to the question:
"What does an algorithm look like?"
I recently had occasion to mention Herman Hesse's _The Glass Bead Game_ (also published as _Magister Ludi_) and I'll bring it up again --- what is a meaningful graphical representation of a program?
The Drakon folks argued that there should be one true path but that's not really communicative and I would note that if this was a simple thing it wouldn't be decades since I last saw a physical Flowcharting Template:
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/flo...
(and it's pretty rare to even see a well-done electronic drawing of a flowchart since Visio made its splash and vanished into the bowels of Microsoft)
The main problem seems to be one of expressiveness not scaling up well, hence:
https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com/
https://scriptsofanotherdimension.tumblr.com/
Presumably, one doesn't want to define modules/variables unnecessarily --- but the question becomes where is that boundary?
If you define too many, then you're back to the "wall of text" which one was trying to avoid (but wrapped up in nice boxes with some lines or shapes), and if one doesn't use them (well, look at the pretty/awful images in the links above).
Ideally, a well-coded visual program would have a pleasing aesthetic appearance which is expressive and communicates flow and function, and I've tried for that at:
https://willadams.gitbook.io/design-into-3d/programming
(though I wish that there was an easy way to export an SVG version of a program)
I believe that what is needed here is some graphical equivalent to Literate Programming: http://literateprogramming.com
Is there a nice GUI toolkit integration which would allow making a graphical application with this? I have an idea I want to try it which might be a good fit.
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GraphScad
The github repository was last updated 5 years ago. Is this still being maintained?
- GraphSCAD – A User Friendly Nodal Editor for OpenSCAD
enso
- Show HN: Flyde – an open-source visual programming language
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Ask HN: What are your thoughts on no-code tools like Microsoft's Power Automate?
> At least I have yet to see one that is actually useful in the sense of a generic (or even a single-purpose-built) language
Yeah as said, https://github.com/enso-org/enso seems to be a general purpose functional programming language with visual editor, but otherwise I haven't really seen any no-code solutions worth their salt. I'm not particularly a fan of enso either, but it's the best I've seen.
- Platform for mixing Python, Java, JavaScript and much more
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Visual Node Graph with ImGui
Although it's not quite the same, I do like what Enso[0] is bringing to the table, especially the 1:1 visual node/language interop. Whether this is generalisable to a fully decoupled interface remains to be seen, but there's definitely potential.
[0]: https://enso.org/
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Show HN: Ezno, a TypeScript checker written in Rust, is now open source
I think Enso is already taken by a YC company [0]. Could get confusing.
[0] https://enso.org
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Official /r/rust "Who's Hiring" thread for job-seekers and job-offerers [Rust 1.67]
COMPANY: Enso Inc. TYPE: Full time LOCATION: Europe and United States of America – fully distributed company REMOTE: Only remote VISA: No VISA required DESCRIPTION: Hi, we are Enso (enso.org, Y Combinator S21)! We are looking for an amazing Cloud engineer to join our core team. We are a remote first company, working in Europe and the USA.
- Enso – a programming language with dual visual and textual representations
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Ask HN: Has anyone fully attempted Bret Victor's vision?
Friends of mine are developing Enso (https://enso.org/), an interactive programming language with dual visual and textual representations.
Even well before Bret Victor's time, there were tools for visual programming. I have been using LabView to maintain data processing in an optical laboratory.
- Enso – Get insights you can rely on. In real time
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Modern Data Modeling: Start with the End?
> I'm convinced this entire space should be visual.
At my last 2 jobs I spent entirely too much time debugging Matillion jobs, which are visual. I have my doubts that it’s the panacea that it appears to be.
That said, you may find Enso particularly interesting: https://github.com/enso-org/enso
What are some alternatives?
openscad - OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller
blockly - The web-based visual programming editor.
VisualScriptCAD - A simple visual scripting based 3D modeling application.
rakudo - 🦋 Rakudo – Raku on MoarVM, JVM, and JS
DynFreeCAD - Dynamo nodes for FreeCAD
makepad - Makepad is a creative software development platform for Rust that compiles to wasm/webGL, osx/metal, windows/dx11 linux/opengl
olive - Free open-source non-linear video editor
liquibase - Main Liquibase Source
VisualScriptEngine - A C++ visual scripting engine designed for embedding.
Graal - GraalVM compiles Java applications into native executables that start instantly, scale fast, and use fewer compute resources 🚀
NodeGraphInterface - A Node Graph Interface for OpenSCAD
dark - Darklang main repo, including language, backend, and infra