Just before releasing support for Hops, I was excited to share a prototype I’m working on for a parametric web viewer to accompany the DefinitionLibrary plug-in:
The convergence of a team collaboration tool + web app platform into one system, based on non-proprietary data storage: GitHub. (yes it’s technically proprietary as it’s owned by Microsoft but it’s basically part of the internet furniture and not proprietary to me)
It’s exploring the form factor of a parametric web viewer that’s connected to your library, which can load & display any (compatible) file currently in the library, without needing any extra per-file setup like uploading it somewhere else.
So just by adding/updating the library - which you would do day-to-day for other reasons (working on a shared file, re-use of common clusters, real-time co-authoring of GH files, etc)
→ you get a parametric web viewer with a URL that you can share with others to load in their browser.
I’d love to hear your constructive comments! Would you like to deploy and/or use a system like this?
Would anyone like a demo and “try it out for yourself” session?