Re: [EXTERNAL] [RFC][design/idea] Beam Playground - Interactive Learning for Apache Beam

[Alex Kosolapov <al...@akvelon.com>]

Hi all,

We are working on developing the Beam Playground experience - a web application where users can try out Beam examples without having to install/initialize a Beam environment.

The proposed Playground experience is summarized in the mockups [1]. Your feedback would be very valuable to make sure we develop a useful application.

Thanks,
Alex

[1]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v-VOG3c8A-hQj_-fp0VJ9cmGTvp24pr1xXomtDQFbIo/edit?usp=sharing

From: Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy <ai...@apache.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 10:52 AM
To: dev <de...@beam.apache.org>, "user@beam.apache.org" <us...@beam.apache.org>, Pablo Estrada <pa...@google.com>, Damon Douglas <da...@google.com>, Alex Kosolapov <al...@akvelon.com>, Artur Khanin <ar...@akvelon.com>, Ilya Kozyrev <il...@akvelon.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [RFC][design/idea] Beam Playground - Interactive Learning for Apache Beam


TL:DR: We want to develop a Beam Playground. Please review the design[1] and fill up this survey<https://forms.gle/ieknXjFSezqbAmFd6>[2] to help us prioritize features.


Hi all,


I along with a few community members thought of an idea to develop an interactive environment to try out Beam transforms and examples. We are calling it Beam Playground. The vision for the Playground is to be a *web application where users can try out Beam without having to install / initialize a Beam environment*.


We hope that this new tool will make it easier for new users to evaluate and adopt Apache Beam, and provide positive developer experience.


The backend architecture and implementation details are described in the design document[1].

We would be grateful if you filled out this poll[2] to help us prioritize Beam Playground’s features.


Please share your feedback both on the idea and the design doc, and via the survey.


We hope to build the Beam Playground in the next few months (see the general timeline[3]), and your feedback would be very valuable to make sure we develop a useful application.


Thanks!

Aizhamal


[1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uf58Auags4DBqSU3nZWxfaDH2BcBvKxhmy0Ug-xoewQ/edit?usp=sharing

[2] https://forms.gle/ieknXjFSezqbAmFd6

[3] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13ETJItGH3QV9hlQXce-47ZEDjOZUNNCJc5PyUUI1EIw/edit#slide=id.gef11b54893_0_0