Are dataflow-input and dataflow-output backwards?

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Are dataflow-input and dataflow-output backwards?

Closed this issue 11 years ago · 5 comments

I'm poking around, playing with dataflow (it's pretty darned neat!) and it seems that the dataflow-input and dataflow-output components are backwards with regard to their inputs and outputs. So I ask: is this intentional? Does it highlight a fundamental misunderstanding on my part?

Answer 1 · 2013-11-01T11:08:58.000Z

I think you should consider the components that ship with Dataflow more or less test fixtures... for more "real" components with Dataflow, go with either http://meemoo.org or http://noflojs.org/noflo-ui

Answer 2 · 2013-11-01T11:10:42.000Z

Oh, yeah, I figured they were mostly there to demonstrate the structure of modules. I was just afraid that maybe I'd completely misunderstood how things were laid out somehow.

(They are backwards... right?)

Answer 3 · 2013-11-01T11:17:26.000Z

Oh. No. I get it now. It's an input in that it's used as an input, not as an example of a node with an input. All is well!

Answer 4 · 2013-11-01T11:20:48.000Z

Also, if you're interested in this project, you should check the work we're
putting into https://github.com/the-grid/the-graph ... that's where our
energy is focused now.

Answer 5 · 2013-11-01T11:26:24.000Z

I'm very interested indeed - the UI that dataflow, and the graph editor as well, provide is an absolute perfect fit for configuring a component of what we do at Moving Data, which will eventually exist under the Siphon.IO name.