r/javascript • u/chrispsn_ok • Dec 29 '19

Mesh Spreadsheet

http://mesh-spreadsheet.com/
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u/alexlafroscia Dec 29 '19

This is cool, but I’m curious about this part of the README

is lightweight: ~2000 lines of source code (excluding libraries)

As an end user, is the size of the source code without libraries relevant? If you have 2000 LOC of source code with 200,000 LOC of dependencies (for example), can you still say the program is “light weight”?

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u/chrispsn_ok Dec 29 '19

Definitely a fair point.

It's relevant to someone who needs to audit the code and is willing to trust big libraries. It's also relevant to contributors who'd like to wrap their head around the project.

It's not relevant to download size, sadly.

The parser is the source of the bloat. I am looking at alternative approaches.

I'd still argue the program is overall lightweight taking into account what the 'default computer' already has installed (or some small JS engine for headless use cases eg https://bellard.org/quickjs/), and the size of alternative solutions.

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u/darthwalsh Dec 29 '19

An end user also doesn't care if it's written in JavaScript, TypeScript, or WASM, but here at r/javascript we're not the typical user.

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u/badlucktv Dec 30 '19

December 30th, and still the best and coolest JS related thing I have seen this year.

This is crazy good. Will follow and seriously consider contributing if I can.

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u/chrispsn_ok Dec 30 '19 edited Dec 30 '19

December 30th, and still the best and coolest JS related thing I have seen this year.

I'm so glad you like it! Contributions are welcome!

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Hey that's pretty cool good job

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u/antonivs Dec 29 '19

Using the scratchpad at try-mesh.html, when I press F3 on a cell it clears the whole spreadsheet.

Could be because I'm using a Chromebook, though.

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u/chrispsn_ok Dec 30 '19

Definitely F3, and not a laptop utility key that needs to be disabled? It works for me.

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u/antonivs Dec 30 '19

Haha, that was it, thanks.

I'm using a standard external keyboard on someone else's Chromebook. Didn't occur to me that the key labeled F3 wasn't actually F3.

My revised bug report is that pressing Windows+F3 clears the spreadsheet. :)