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Rethinking Online Code Editors for Supporting Time-based Web DocumentsRodrigo Laiola Guimarães (IBM Research | Brazil)
September 23rdSão Paulo - Brazil
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What are online code editors?
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What are online code editors?
• Authoring tools that allow developers to code and see the results promptly
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What are online code editors?
• Authoring tools that allow developers to code and see the results promptly
• Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle and Learnable Programming —> http://vimeo.com/36579366
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What are online code editors?
• Authoring tools that allow developers to code and see the results promptly
• Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle and Learnable Programming —> http://vimeo.com/36579366
• There are a number of Web playgrounds for prototyping HTML, CSS and JavaScript
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JS Bin
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In this work…
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In this work…
• We go a step further by giving special attention to the temporal aspect (e.g. preserving presentation state between code changes)
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In this work…
• We go a step further by giving special attention to the temporal aspect (e.g. preserving presentation state between code changes)
• Our proof of concept has been developed using many open source libraries, and currently it works in modern Web browsers (e.g., Safari, Firefox and Chrome)
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In this work…
• We go a step further by giving special attention to the temporal aspect (e.g. preserving presentation state between code changes)
• Our proof of concept has been developed using many open source libraries, and currently it works in modern Web browsers (e.g., Safari, Firefox and Chrome)
• Main functionalities: immediate feedback, coding assistance, playback control and programmatic visualization
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Demo Video
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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ACodeMirror: text editor in JS
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User Interface
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A BCodeMirror: text editor in JS IFRAME
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User Interface
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1"
A BCodeMirror: text editor in JS IFRAME
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User Interface
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1" 2"
A BCodeMirror: text editor in JS IFRAME
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User Interface
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1" 2" 3"
A BCodeMirror: text editor in JS IFRAME
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User Interface
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1" 2" 3"4"
A BCodeMirror: text editor in JS IFRAME
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Infrastructure
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Infrastructure
back%end)
front%end)
web)server) database)server)
code)previewer)(remote))code)previewer)(local))
code)editor) real%7me)events)
persistence)
%)code)changes)%)playback)calls)%)code)helpers)(!"))
sketch)
changes)and))event)updates)
<html>))<head>))))))</head>)))</html>)
<style/>)<script/>)
<body/>)
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Infrastructure
back%end)
front%end)
web)server) database)server)
code)previewer)(remote))code)previewer)(local))
code)editor) real%7me)events)
persistence)
%)code)changes)%)playback)calls)%)code)helpers)(!"))
sketch)
changes)and))event)updates)
<html>))<head>))))))</head>)))</html>)
<style/>)<script/>)
<body/>)
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Infrastructure
back%end)
front%end)
web)server) database)server)
code)previewer)(remote))code)previewer)(local))
code)editor) real%7me)events)
persistence)
%)code)changes)%)playback)calls)%)code)helpers)(!"))
sketch)
changes)and))event)updates)
<html>))<head>))))))</head>)))</html>)
<style/>)<script/>)
<body/>)
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Infrastructure
back%end)
front%end)
web)server) database)server)
code)previewer)(remote))code)previewer)(local))
code)editor) real%7me)events)
persistence)
%)code)changes)%)playback)calls)%)code)helpers)(!"))
sketch)
changes)and))event)updates)
<html>))<head>))))))</head>)))</html>)
<style/>)<script/>)
<body/>)
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IBM Research | Brazil
Infrastructure
back%end)
front%end)
web)server) database)server)
code)previewer)(remote))code)previewer)(local))
code)editor) real%7me)events)
persistence)
%)code)changes)%)playback)calls)%)code)helpers)(!"))
sketch)
changes)and))event)updates)
<html>))<head>))))))</head>)))</html>)
<style/>)<script/>)
<body/>)
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Implementation: Code Changes
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Document A
Document BDiff Delta A/B
Patch Document B'
Document BReplace Document B'
Document A
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• HTML
Implementation: Code Changes
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Document A
Document BDiff Delta A/B
Patch Document B'
Document BReplace Document B'
Document A
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• HTML
Implementation: Code Changes
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Document A
Document BDiff Delta A/B
Patch Document B'
Document BReplace Document B'
Document A
diffDOM: A JavaScript diffing algorithm for DOM elements
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• HTML
• CSS
Implementation: Code Changes
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Document A
Document BDiff Delta A/B
Patch Document B'
Document BReplace Document B'
Document A
diffDOM: A JavaScript diffing algorithm for DOM elements
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• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript —> still to be done! (very hard)
Implementation: Code Changes
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Document A
Document BDiff Delta A/B
Patch Document B'
Document BReplace Document B'
Document A
diffDOM: A JavaScript diffing algorithm for DOM elements
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Implementation: Helpers
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Implementation: Helpers
• Contextual helpers can facilitate the authoring process:
a) color picker b) slider and c) angle picker
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Implementation: Helpers
• Contextual helpers can facilitate the authoring process:
a) color picker b) slider and c) angle picker
• Inlet: JavaScript plugin for CodeMirror
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User Evaluation
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User Evaluation
• 22 post-secondary students over 2 weeks (IFES)
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User Evaluation
• 22 post-secondary students over 2 weeks (IFES)
• Exercises on how to use SVG graphics on the Web
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User Evaluation
• 22 post-secondary students over 2 weeks (IFES)
• Exercises on how to use SVG graphics on the Web
• Results based on SUS framework and open-ended questions
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SUS Score
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User Evaluation
• 22 post-secondary students over 2 weeks (IFES)
• Exercises on how to use SVG graphics on the Web
• Results based on SUS framework and open-ended questions
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Mean SUS score = 90.0 / Learnability score = 84.7
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Final Remarks
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Final Remarks
• Valuable tool to teach concepts of time on Web documents using the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methodology
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Final Remarks
• Valuable tool to teach concepts of time on Web documents using the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methodology
• Next steps: improve current implementation based on user evaluation
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Final Remarks
• Valuable tool to teach concepts of time on Web documents using the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methodology
• Next steps: improve current implementation based on user evaluation
• Add support code snippets in SMIL Timesheets and Time Style Sheets (TSS)
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Final Remarks
• Valuable tool to teach concepts of time on Web documents using the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methodology
• Next steps: improve current implementation based on user evaluation
• Add support code snippets in SMIL Timesheets and Time Style Sheets (TSS)
• We need a fresh new look into the standardization of time-based APIs on the Web
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Final Remarks
• Valuable tool to teach concepts of time on Web documents using the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methodology
• Next steps: improve current implementation based on user evaluation
• Add support code snippets in SMIL Timesheets and Time Style Sheets (TSS)
• We need a fresh new look into the standardization of time-based APIs on the Web
• Offer mechanisms to control and simulate the behavior of elements over time (e.g. temporal visualization)
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Thanks!
Rodrigo Laiola Guimarãesrodrigo@laiola.com.br
sketchbook.laiola.com.br
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