p5.js version

[shiffman]

@catarak @lmccart and I discussed this on a call yesterday. At some point in the future we'd like to have a library management system (#4), but for now we need a simple way to keep the p5.js version referenced in index.html up-to-date. We would not change index.html in existing projects (or "duplicated" projects) but would simply use the current p5.js version (0.5.4 at the time of filing this issue) whenever a "new" project is created.

@lmccart can you remind us what the url is to check the current p5 version? It could be checked something like once a day or each time "new" is clicked.

Did I get this right?

[lmccart]

it is here right now: https://github.com/processing/p5.js-website/blob/master/src/data/download.json
I don't think this is the right spot...I'm in the middle of some website restructuring.
but you could use this link for now and I can submit a PR with the updated one if it moves.

[catarak]

I noticed that the version file is now at https://github.com/processing/p5.js-website/blob/master/dist/download/version.json, though it's not up to date. Are you just updating that file manually? Would it make more sense to do something like what the website does (https://github.com/processing/p5.js-website/blob/79996764cbff284ae9e8a589065c8cae35949d0b/dist/download/release.php#L30)?

[lmccart]

here's the up to date file to link to:
http://p5js.org/download/version.json

it is updated automatically, I think something just got messed up with the git management where an old version of it got cached in the github repo. thanks for catching it!

[catarak]

Maybe it is just me but I am getting a 404 error for that link.

[lmccart]

ugh I tried to fix the github and deleted the file! should be back now. sorry 😁

[catarak]

no worries!

[dhruvdutt]

When new project button clicked, we check "version" from here and update p5.js version referenced in index.html

@catarak Does this plan sound good?

[catarak]

makes sense to me! because of CORS this might need to be added to the API and then the API makes the request. i think this also needs to happen when a user navigates to / (which is the same as creating a new sketch, right?)

[dhruvdutt]

p5.js version referenced in index.html

@catarak Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Which index.html are you guys referring here? Is it the root index.html? I don't see any p5.js version already referenced as per the original post in the issue.

[catarak]

the one included in each sketch—if you open the sidebar you can view it!

[dhruvdutt]

Oh damn! I always miss this mysteriously hidden menu. 😅

[catarak]

the ui isn't super clear right now—see #4 for a bit of discussion about this, and #389.