Timothy Place

Dictionaries represent a convenient and powerful way to structure data used within Max. In fact, the Max patcher itself is a dictionary! But the power of the dictionary goes beyond the boundaries of Max. In this 10 minute video, I use JavaScript in Max to send dictionaries across a network to a custom web application written using 

Learn more about dictionaries in Max and download patches.
https://cycling74.com/2016/05/10/interfacing-dictionaries-with-the-outside-world/

Exploring dictionaries with Javascript

This builds knowledge of dictionary use in the Max patcher as discussed in the excellent 

 thread on the Cycling '74 forum. In that thread, our ringleader Darwin Grosse, and cohorts Ben Bracken and Gregory Taylor give beginning dictionary users a place from which to start that they never had (until now!).

The patching in this video also uses the JavaScript equivalent to 

axurl object: `XMLHttpRequest`. My favorite introduction to this topic is Andrew Benson's fabulous 

Max patcher for pulling images from Instagram to build a collage

Dictionaries represent a convenient and powerful way to structure data used within Max. In fact, the Max patcher itself is a dictionary! But the power of the dictionary goes beyond the boundaries of Max. In this 10 minute video, I use JavaScript in Max to send dictionaries across a network to a custom web application written using Node.js.

Download the patch and files used in this tutorial.

This builds knowledge of dictionary use in the Max patcher as discussed in the excellent Dictionary Patch-of-the-Day thread on the Cycling '74 forum.  In that thread, our ringleader Darwin Grosse, and cohorts Ben Bracken and Gregory Taylor give beginning dictionary users a place from which to start that they never had (until now!).

The patching in this video also uses the JavaScript equivalent to Max's maxurl object: `XMLHttpRequest`.  My favorite introduction to this topic is Andrew Benson's fabulous Max patcher for pulling images from Instagram to build a collage.

interfacing-dictionaries-with-the-outside-world

Nice patch! This feels like it could be the foundation for a Mira alternative! I modified it a bit to add colors and better text alignment. It would be great to add bi-directional communication, maybe over websockets.

Nice patch! This feels like it could be the foundation for a Mira alternative!   I modified it a bit to add colors and better text alignment. It would be great to add bi-directional communication, maybe over websockets.
Anyone wants to help push it further?


Interfacing Dictionaries with the Outside World