ewc-client

The frontend for EWC — the browser half of a ⎕WC-workalike GUI for Dyalog APL. An application creates GUI objects through EWC's eWC family on the ewc APL server; this repository renders what the server describes as React components, and reports user events back.

You don't need this repository to use EWC. Each release bundles the built frontend, so grab one from the server repo:

• Releases: https://github.com/dyalog/ewc/releases
• Documentation: EWC User Guide

To work on this repository itself:

1. Clone ewc and ewc-client next to each other, so the server picks up your local build automatically:

    /my/dev/directory/ewc
    /my/dev/directory/ewc-client
   

2. Install dependencies and point the frontend at a running server (default WebSocket port 22322):

    yarn install
    cp .env.example .env.development
   

3. Start the Vite dev server (hot reload on port 5173):

    yarn dev
   

4. In your APL session, switch the demo to browser mode:

    demo.Run 'Browser'
   

   then open http://localhost:5173 — it connects back to the server over :22322.

Development happens on main; open pull requests against main. See CONTRIBUTING.md for conventions, testing, and how this repository relates to the ewc server.