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Re:A Programming Language Database by simonw on Sunday August 28, 2022 @12:49PM (#32629830)
Yeah the slow startup is because this is using Datasette Lite, which loads an entire Python runtime compiled to WebAssembly into your browser every turn you load the page! Server-side Datasette starts a whole lot quicker than that, eg https://scotrail.datasette.io/scotrail/random_apology

The editor has syntax highlighting in server-side Datasette - I've not got that working in Datasette Lite yet.

Column autocompletion would definitely be cool!

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Re:A Programming Language Database by breck on Sunday August 28, 2022 @03:53PM (#32631470)
> which loads an entire Python runtime compiled to WebAssembly into your browser every turn you load the page

Oh wow! (the lengths people will go to to avoid learning Javascript ;) )

> Server-side Datasette starts a whole lot quicker than that, eg https://scotrail.datasette.io/scotrail/random_apology

Is there anyone I can pay to take care of setting that up for PLDB?

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Re:A Programming Language Database by simonw on Thursday September 01, 2022 @09:04PM (#32685410)
Drop me an email at swillison at Google's mail provider.
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