"proof-of-concept" Revolution Online Open Dictionary at revcoders.org

[Josh Mellicker]

I think this "proof-of-concept" experiment has now crossed the line  
into "no going back" :-)


I have uploaded a stack here:

http://revcoders.org/resources/revcoders_db_api.rev.zip


It is a Revolution stack that:

  - filters a list of Revolution dictionary terms with each character  
typed in a search box

  - once a term is clicked on in the list, grabs the Revolution Open  
Access Dictionary term definition from the database along with all  
user-provided tips and code snippets for that term

  - allows you to add your own helpful tip, code snippet, caveat or  
link to your stack or webpage relevant to that term

(try one of the below, those are the ones with comments so far)

     *  vScroll
     *  create folder
     *  binaryEncode
     *  binaryDecode
     *  pendingMessages

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features:

  - a scrolling group of groups

  - a "live search" text box

  - a smart scrollbar that turns on when needed

  - a demonstration of seamless interaction with a remote database

Hope you enjoy it.

PLEASE take a moment and add just one helpful tip or nifty code  
snippet to a term, it would be a valuable experiment to see how this  
could work.

There is plenty yet to be done... please reply if you have  
suggestions for next steps, or what could be done to make it more  
useful than what you're using now, or would like to help.