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SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
10 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 7 for, 7 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean UI and website that clearly explains the project
From 2 comments
while i dont have much of an opinion of js in a spreadsheet except "neat!", the website design and text is spot-on in that I understood in an instant what the project does! Kudos.
donpdonp on HNGreat UI. I wish it had some sort of import function that could take in the Excel formulas and not just CSV data though.
comrh on HN
Useful for reproducible analysis with JavaScript libraries
From 1 comment
Yes, I agree. There's another nuanced advantage to this kind of tool, however: the ability to perform "reproducible" analysis. With an excel spreadsheet, the person doing the…
angdis on HN
Objections
Spreadsheets with JavaScript solve little that Excel or Google Sheets already do
From 3 comments
Every single spreadsheet software has been able to do this for years, but using Javascript makes it better amirite? What makes this better than Excel (VBA, Python, probably half…
pikzen on HNThis is already possibly with Google Spreadsheets albeit this is a much nicer interface.
sswezey on HNBut those people could be using Google Spreadsheet already for example, which would have already solved the problem. And people in the office are not going to be writing…
pikzen on HN
Bugs and missing features such as formula editing and blank-cell handling
From 2 comments
A couple of things I noticed: No editbox for the contents of the currently selected cell? (I have to double click to see the formula) One of the examples suggested I use…
nebulous1 on HNNice work! I noticed that you're using a web-worker, does all the heavy lifting happen there and the main thread is used for purely rendering? I'm noticing some lag when I just…
OmarIsmail on HN
Requests
Notebook-style interface combining spreadsheets, code and rendered text
From 1 comment
I like! One thing that I am hoping for however is some kind of notebook-like interface for doing small, ad-hoc data analysis projects. This looks fairly close to that.…
angdis on HN
Import of Excel formulas, not just CSV
From 1 comment
Great UI. I wish it had some sort of import function that could take in the Excel formulas and not just CSV data though.
comrh on HN
Angular bindings
From 1 comment
is there any angular 1.2 bindings?
zaczac on HN
Questions
Can any JavaScript file be loaded?
From 2 comments
Can I drop in any .js file I want that defines appropriate functions?
j2kun on HNYes, you can. You can either paste the code in the Javascript tab, or add the hosted .js file in the Settings.
sangd on HN
Why does the page source show only JSON?
From 1 comment
When i log in and view source I get back a little bit of json only…
misiti3780 on HN
Alternatives named
Google Sheets
From 2 comments
This is already possibly with Google Spreadsheets albeit this is a much nicer interface.
sswezey on HNThis is great! A lot of useful spreadsheet functions are really esoteric and unintuitive. Would love to see this integrated with Google Sheets
raymondgh on HN
Jupyter and pandas
From 2 comments
I'd love to see Jupyter (IPython Notebooks) capable of this kind of thing. It'd be awesome to be able to select a column of a Pandas DataFrame and apply a function to it.
eloisius on HNif i understand you correctly - you can - like this: import pandas as pd df = pd.DataFrame() ...loads data... def modify_column(x): """ modify x"""" return modified_x…
misiti3780 on HN
Excel with VBA or Python
From 1 comment
While I appreciate the idea.... Use Javascript to replace vba in excel…
SixSigma on HN
pyspread
From 1 comment
This reminds me a lot of pyspread - http://manns.github.io/pyspread/
robochat on HN
AlphaSheets
From 1 comment
I know a project doing something similar at MIT for finance called AlphaSheets. https://founder.org/company/alphasheets
akhilcacharya on HN