Re: [Caml-list] OCaml 'hackathon' - Friday 8/19 - ..

[Philippe Wang <mail@philippewang.info>]

Hi,

-- Above all, the idea is nice. :-)

-- I suggest you add a line such as:
# 0 "web form input"
at the beginning of the web form data, so that the error messages of
the compiler are relevant to the submitted code.
I personally added such a line myself in the textarea but it's not
quite effective when I forget it. :-)

-- There are nasty bugs, especially with "Learn the ropes!"
where there is no feedback at all when a code which compiles well is submitted;
should it be with
  let main x = "plop"
or with a code that is supposedly correct. However, some (wrong) code
that computes too much died, which is rather a good thing. But as
there exist some people who scored, it's even more annoying. :-(
 * Was tested with Safari 5.1 and Firefox 5.0.1 / OS X Lion, though I
don't think it has anything to do with the browser. Maybe the problem
implementation?

Cheers,
Philippe Wang


On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:11 PM, William Le Ferrand
<William.Le-Ferrand@polytechnique.edu> wrote:
> Dear List,
> A couple of weeks ago we "benchmarked" an ocaml event where people would
> gather and share coding tips and techniques while working on a community
> tool for OCaml. We were 3 friends, and we released baoug.org (you haven't
> solved any problems yet ? Come on :) !)
> While being extremely basic, this website is a ground for further
> improvements, such as :
>
> Typing, benchmarking of code on client side (live toplevel, so that people
> can experiment ocaml without installing anything)
> Tutorials to explain what notions are required to solve a problem (terminal
> recursion?)
> Sample solutions with a lot of details about a precise implementation (using
> immutable structures leads to a more performant code, why?)
> Chaining problems, to aggregate them in "lessons"
> Support for other languages (haskell?)
> Syntax highlightning
> and many more features, come up with suggestions !
>
> We also need to investigate a bug that prevents the challenges to display
> correctly on old versions of iceweasel and safari.
> The idea behind this website is to aggregate ocaml resources in a fun,
> community-driven and friendly manner. You agree :) ?
> So, what about joining us the 19th of August ? We'll be located somewhere
> downtown San Francisco, but remote contributors are more that welcome too
> (we'll set up whatever tool is best for this). We'll start around 4pm but
> you can join at anytime; (including during the week end, as the event will
> probably last long .. :))
> If you're interested, please send me an email and / or join the discussion
> on the dedicated group : http://groups.google.com/group/baoug
> Who's in ?
> Many thanks
> William
>
> PS : if some SF people have children and are willing to join, we can
> organize a visit of the natural history museum or a good time on the beach
> for them!
>
>
>
>
> --
> William Le Ferrand
>
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