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Cross-platform drop-in replacement for ⎕WC: GUI apps on Windows, Linux and macOS, in browser or desktop.

Is Dyalog/ewc beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to Dyalog/ewc to say how often they are merged. 2 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

Stars
2
Forks
5
Open beginner issues
2
Indexed issues
56
Avg merge
2d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
7
Dominant language
JavaScript
License
MIT
Last GitHub push
Sep 25, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
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How to contribute to Dyalog/ewc

  1. Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's MIT license.
  3. Pick one of the 2 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
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  • Think about what goes into the released zip
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#609 ·

  • Migrate to yarn 2.x.x from yarn 1.x.x
    Open
    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    Dyalog/ewc#606 ·

  • NQ of a character to an Edit fails
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    Dyalog/ewc#538 ·

  • [multimode] Grid active cell turns blank
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

    Dyalog/ewc#537 ·

  • Push Kendo plugin to dyalog-labs
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    Dyalog/ewc#534 ·

  • Resolve docs/code about EWC.NOIDQ
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

    Dyalog/ewc#605 · 1 comment ·

  • BCol, FCol and Active color in tab control
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    Dyalog/ewc#529 ·

  • Arachnid and Mandelbrot: success story
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Dyalog/ewc#526 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

  • DQ terminates when processing an event destined for a form which temporarily relinquished control
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug server

    Dyalog/ewc#604 · 1 assignee ·

  • Enable error messages for unsupported components
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Dyalog/ewc#603 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

  • Reevaluate HRBorder
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#602 ·

  • Restore the autoconf test directory
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Dyalog/ewc#516 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

  • Better debugging of `⎕DQ`
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#505 ·

  • Make the ewc tutorial website production ready
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Dyalog/ewc#600 · 1 assignee ·

  • Nugrid followup issues
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Dyalog/ewc#479 · 1 assignee ·

  • VIsual regressions only work for actions
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client good first issue

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#476 · 4 comments ·

  • Default background colors in a lot of components is different components
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client good first issue

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    Dyalog/ewc#469 ·

  • Have a way to handle errors sent from client
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#599 ·

  • Edit: BCol applies to wrapper, not the <input> element
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug client small

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

    Dyalog/ewc#458 · 2 comments ·

  • Need to reload EWC on the first run in browser mode
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    Dyalog/ewc#456 ·

  • Timing issue on eWG
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#455 ·

  • Subform: Overflow cuts things off instead of resizing
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    Dyalog/ewc#454 ·

  • Vertical subform size problem
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    Dyalog/ewc#451 · 6 comments ·

  • Mouse position
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer demo needed

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    Dyalog/ewc#449 ·

  • [New component] FileBox
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer demo needed

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    Dyalog/ewc#447 ·

  • New forms appear below old ones
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer help wanted

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    Dyalog/ewc#446 ·

  • Statusbar: Progressbar
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    Dyalog/ewc#439 ·

  • [Tracking issue] Code cleanup
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    Dyalog/ewc#434 · 1 comment ·

  • Review ESLint issues
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    Dyalog/ewc#416 ·

  • Upgrade to React 19
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client needs reinvestigation

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

    Dyalog/ewc#415 ·

  • Default Posn and Size of all elements
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client discussion enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    Dyalog/ewc#408 ·

  • Work on getting defaults and their values
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client discussion large

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    Dyalog/ewc#397 · 1 comment ·

  • eWS uses demo.F1.L1 sometimes instead of F1.L1
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#594 · 2 comments ·

  • Callback with ⍎ does not tolerate functions that do not return results
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

    Dyalog/ewc#593 ·

  • eNQ doesn't like refs - names only
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 15/100

    Dyalog/ewc#592 ·

  • Drag behaviour in Lists should use pointer capture
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client medium

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    Dyalog/ewc#387 ·

  • Edit: LostFocus returns empty Info
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client medium

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    Dyalog/ewc#382 · 2 comments ·

  • If eDQ is called with a callback, NQ on a TIMER object is not actioned
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Dyalog/ewc#591 · 1 assignee ·

  • MenuBar in a SubForm
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    Dyalog/ewc#590 ·

  • eEX in Ribbons
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client customer demo needed large

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    Dyalog/ewc#335 · 3 comments ·

  • localStorage for Edit fields
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug client help wanted needs reinvestigation

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#331 · 1 comment ·

  • Mixing normal and user-defined events fails
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Dyalog/ewc#587 · 1 comment · 1 assignee ·

  • ⎕WC-like calendar
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client large

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    Dyalog/ewc#293 · 1 comment ·

  • Add Type Validation for Properties
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#275 ·

  • Remove global traps
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    server

    Dyalog/ewc#580 · 1 assignee ·

  • Page up and page down fail on first attempts in DemoScroll
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client needs reinvestigation

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    Dyalog/ewc#267 ·

  • EWC forms display incorrectly when desktop scaling is enabled
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug server

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

    Dyalog/ewc#576 · 3 comments ·

  • Something Wrong with Font Sizes
    May be free again Open
    • Is something wrong?
    bug client

    Dyalog/ewc#227 · 2 comments · 1 assignee ·

  • Incorrect Defaults for Form and Edit
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#201 · 2 comments ·

  • Add support for ScaledPixel
    Open
    • Is something wrong?
    client enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    Dyalog/ewc#199 ·

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