"Try Dart!" What do these options do? (eg. "Talk to 'Dart Mind' server)?

Danny Tuppeny

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19 Aug 2014, 1:46:22 pm19/08/14

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There are a bunch of options on the Try Dart site; but I can't find any info on what they do!

For example:

Talk to "Dart Mind" Server
Pause Compialtion

What do these mean? Is "Pause" an option, or a control for pausing while it's running (is anyone putting enough code into Try Dart that compilation would take a long time?).

Also - is there any way to link to TryDart with some code? Would be handy to have a jsfiddle-like site for Dart, very handy for StackOverflow Q's & A's!

Matthew Butler

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19 Aug 2014, 2:25:11 pm19/08/14

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On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 2:46:22 PM UTC-3, Danny Tuppeny wrote:

There are a bunch of options on the Try Dart site; but I can't find any info on what they do!

For example:
Talk to "Dart Mind" Server
Pause Compialtion
What do these mean? Is "Pause" an option, or a control for pausing while it's running (is anyone putting enough code into Try Dart that compilation would take a long time?).

'Dart Mind' is a new one to me. However the Pause Option prevents the compiler from automatically running while you are typing in an example. Basically if you're typing in a large example it will prevent the compiler from running when you pause for a moment.

Also - is there any way to link to TryDart with some code? Would be handy to have a jsfiddle-like site for Dart, very handy for StackOverflow Q's & A's!

See: http://dartbug.com/15862 - Current thoughts seem to be that the code itself will actually be hosted via github Gist and loaded remotely.

Matt

Danny Tuppeny

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19 Aug 2014, 2:58:38 pm19/08/14

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On 19 August 2014 19:25, Matthew Butler <butler....@gmail.com> wrote:

the Pause Option prevents the compiler from automatically running while you are typing in an example. Basically if you're typing in a large example it will prevent the compiler from running when you pause for a moment.

Right; that makes sense!

See: http://dartbug.com/15862 - Current thoughts seem to be that the code itself will actually be hosted via github Gist and loaded remotely.

Seems sensible; I've started that, thanks!

I found a few references to "Dart Mind" online, but not many... Could it be related to the Analysis Service?

Luke Church

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19 Aug 2014, 5:33:14 pm19/08/14

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Nice catch :-)

One of the things that we use Try for is for experimenting with new ways of substantially improving developer UX that aren't mature enough to find their way into our production tooling. We use it as a sort of incubation area.

The 'Dart Mind' integration is one of those, the flag is really more there for debugging as we play around with the idea as it develops. Right now, I don't think it'll actually do much very sensible.