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by raihansaputra 2849 days ago
As someone who is only really confident in Python and struggled with learning JS, this is such an amazing project. But honestly, the webpage could be better, maybe even better by running Transcrypt itself on it with the source map so people can play with it.
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JdeH 2849 days ago
I'm afraid the current webpage is a DYI project. Having been a freelance technical / scientific application programmer for most of my life, web design is just something I do if really needed. In the long run probably the site should be made by "real" web designer.

Meanwhile can you indicate what's most disturbing about it? I guess the mobile experience is the most problematic? Or just the layout? Fonts? Accessability? We should probably have a professionally designed logo as well. But currently we're focused on making the compiler better. 3.6 -> 3.7 was really a big step, due to the modules.

There will also be a special website to play with Transcrypt. The URL was already reserved: tsfiddle.org. But it will be a while until somebody finds the time to turn it into a playground / educational site. Everyone working on Transcrypt has a daytime job as well, that's how it is with open source, although the past months I think most of my time was spent on Transcrypt.

The project was born from practical needs for a medical imaging project. In my experience the switch to Python is a great improvement in productivity and clearness. And it's more fun, above all...

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raihansaputra 2848 days ago
I have dug in the documentation and yes, it looks really fun.

For the website itself I feel like the font is too big for viewing, especially in the Examples section, hindering readability and understanding. Have not looked at it on mobile, though.

I do really understand the challenges with an open-source project like this and this especially is really great!

It would be interesting if you can do a write-up sometime about your experience using this in a production setting, maybe more details on the medical imaging project you're working on. I really appreciate the efforts you are pouring on it, including answering people's questions on SO and GH.

btw, do you have a GH repo for the transcrypt.org website? I might be able to contribute to help develop it.

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