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QCHackers / tqec

Design automation software tools for Topological Quantum Error Correction
https://tqec.app
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Relocate alternative frontend #216

Closed smburdick closed 2 months ago

smburdick commented 2 months ago

The alternative frontend now lives at https://github.com/QCHackers/tqec-alternative-frontend.

Related: #212

vtomole commented 2 months ago

Why the relocation? Is this on the way to merging the projects?

smburdick commented 2 months ago

Why the relocation? Is this on the way to merging the projects?

It is indeed.

giangiac commented 1 month ago

@smburdick @vtomole I am surprised by this relocation. Isn't it quite extreme to remove the codebase from the repo?

vtomole commented 1 month ago

@giangiac I think the plan is to cherry pick the important changes from the alternative frontend and wisely merge them to the existing one; which is already under way by @smburdick

smburdick commented 1 month ago

@giangiac I think the plan is to cherry pick the important changes from the alternative frontend and wisely merge them to the existing one; which is already under way by @smburdick

I thought having two frontends would be confusing for newcomers.

The alternative frontend is preserved at https://alt-tqecjs-421617.wl.r.appspot.com/ and https://github.com/QCHackers/tqec-alternative-frontend

I've already cherry picked the features into https://tqec.app (this repo frontend)

giangiac commented 1 month ago

I believe we discussed in the weekly call to provide both frontends since they have different features.

I understand that it may be confusing having two frontends if we agree that: 1) one design is clearly superior and the other just a distraction 2) or if the TQEC community has no bandwidth to pursue more than one approach.

There can be a case for 2) since only a handful of members are contributing to the frontend. Concerning 1), the situation is less clear for me. The current frontend has a more professional codebase (good coding practices, enhanced security, ...) while the alternative one offers more functionalities.

smburdick commented 1 month ago

I believe we discussed in the weekly call to provide both frontends since they have different features.

I understand that it may be confusing having two frontends if we agree that:

  1. one design is clearly superior and the other just a distraction
  2. or if the TQEC community has no bandwidth to pursue more than one approach.

There can be a case for 2) since only a handful of members are contributing to the frontend. Concerning 1), the situation is less clear for me. The current frontend has a more professional codebase (good coding practices, enhanced security, ...) while the alternative one offers more functionalities.

@giangiac See my above comment (you may not have received the email):

The alternative frontend is preserved at https://alt-tqecjs-421617.wl.r.appspot.com/ and https://github.com/QCHackers/tqec-alternative-frontend

smburdick commented 1 month ago

Alternatively, http://tqec2live.org.