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Key features in track config #17

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38 changes: 35 additions & 3 deletions config.json
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{
"version": 3,

"language": "Red",
"slug": "red",
"active": false,
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"analyzer": false
},
"blurb": "Red is a next-generation full stack programming language, strongly inspired by REBOL.",
"version": 3,
"online_editor": {
"indent_style": "tab",
"indent_size": 4
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{
"slug": "view",
"name": "View",
"blurb": "View is Red's module used for programming grapfical user interface.",
"blurb": "View is Red's module used for programming graphical user interface.",
"uuid": "e09fd445-ad55-4c04-a7f8-fa4b78e1cfbb"
},
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"used_for/guis",
"used_for/scripts"
],
"key_features": [],
"key_features": [
{
"title": "Full-stack",
"content": "Red can be used to create a device driver as well as a GUI application.",
"icon": "features-oop"
},
{
"title": "Lightweight",
"content": "Entire toolchain is about 1.5 MB download, single executable. Low memory footprint.",
"icon": "features-oop"
},
{
"title": "Homoiconic",
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I expect that for many programmers, they won't actually know what this will mean. The key features are meant to "sell" a language in a way, getting students interested in the language. I don't know if it is possible to reword this. It's definitely not wrong though, so I'll approve :)

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Good point. It's an important feature, which has big impact on a programming experience, but definitely not a "selling" point. I'll think about something better :-)

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Perhaps "Code is data" could be a better title?

"content": "Red is its own meta-language and own data-format. Program can operate on it's own code.",
"icon": "features-oop"
},
{
"title": "DSL",
"content": "It's easy to create Domain Specific Languages, dialects and parsers.",
"icon": "features-oop"
},
{
"title": "GUI",
"content": "It's simple as: view [b: base 100x100 button {Draw circle} [b/draw: [pen red circle 50x50 50]]]",
"icon": "features-oop"
},
{
"title": "Reactive",
"content": "Objects can be linked by reactions to reduce size and complexity of program.",
"icon": "features-oop"
}
],
"exercises": {
"concept": [],
"practice": [
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