On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 7:55 AM chris.laplante@agilent.com <
chris.laplante@agilent.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> > This bug ("A web based playground for experimenting with bitbake variable
> > expansion") has been preying on my mind ever since I read it on Bugzilla:
> > https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14805.
> >
> > I'm happy to say that I have a simple proof-of-concept implementation
> built
> > using Pyodide. The code needs some cleanup before I feel comfortable
> sharing
> > it, but here are some details:
>
> It took all Saturday, but a very perfunctory version of this tool is now
> live :). Check it out here:
> https://yoctoproject.github.io/bb-datastore-playground. Many thanks to
> Michael for setting up the GitHub repo for me!
>
> It is basically a Python REPL with added 'bb' goodness.
>
> It is very rough - no styling on the page, and it doesn't work on mobile.
> But it is already useful so please give it a try. It requires a modern-ish
> browser (though I haven't categorized what this actually means).
>

The interpreter works for me in Chrome and Firefox on Fedora 40. ;) It
seems to handle weird whitespace fairly well. Both copy-paste and arrow
keys are working as expected too.

> Next steps are to add a Godbolt-like editor and 'Run' button.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>


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Michael Halstead
Linux Foundation / Yocto Project
Systems Operations Engineer