Three.js: Editor as a stand-alone project?

[onekiloparsec]

A 2-cents idea: it would be wonderful to contribute to the Editor as a dedicated project.

[cecilemuller]

It could be wrapped as standalone using Electron or NW (Electron is more popular, although Electron has issues with Web Workers, and NW uses a more recent version of Node and Chromium).

Also, one advantage of having it as standalone is the ability to have a dedicated file format for projects, and register the extension to open in the editor.

[onekiloparsec]

Thanks, but I am not talking about packaging (which is obviously possible). My title should have been clearer: I mean Editor as a stand-alone GitHub repo/project.

[mrdoob]

The reason I'm hesitant about moving it to its own repo would be that it would increase the maintaining requirements (which is something I'm already struggling about). I can also see it getting easily "out of sync". Right now it evolves in sync with the library.

[NetOperatorWibby]

Hmm, that makes sense. I'm currently using the editor in a project and have to manually copy files and update paths. Not that big a deal but I see the value in both arguments.

[jpryne]

As it stands, the editor is largely useless, as it is broken with any version of THREE from the last year or so. It's actually a source of confusion, teaching us how things used to work, but not how the library currently works.

[mrdoob]

As it stands, the editor is largely useless, as it is broken with any version of THREE from the last year or so.

Could you elaborate?

It's actually a source of confusion, teaching us how things used to work, but not how the library currently works.

Please, elaborate on that too.

[jpryne]

My mistake. Seemed like just yesterday it was still defaulting to version 57 or so. I see now it's showing version 84. Lots of things are different between the two, hence the confusion I was referring to. While we're here, I'd say one majorly frustrating issue with the editor is when an infinite loop is created simply by editing the text in a loop condition. There's no way to cancel the loop! If you haven't saved, your code is lost.

[cecilemuller]

Just in case someone stumbles on this issue from a search, there is someone working on a standalone editor for three.js: https://twitter.com/ArthurShefer/status/854847174953246720

[mrdoob]

And there is also http://nunustudio.org/