Next version of xpresso at Workday? YP?

Mar 25 10 Comments

I am looking at app dev 3 with workday and I don't need countless opinions on xpresso. I have read those posts and I'm not super concerned about all of that since I am doubling my TC to go to workday and that is worth it for me.

However, I have seen articles online stating that a next version of XO is in the works internally to replace or at least improve XO as it stands today?

https://medium.com/workday-engineering/sneak-peek-into-workdays-technology-stack-1055bb5b06c7

"We are working hard on a successor to XO, called YP, which we will detail in future posts."

So, I know it's proprietary and all but as a potential app dev, I am curious if this is legit in the makes and if so what are the current pain points that YP or whatever is supposed to address? I saw in another Blind post someone said it's supposed to be more traditional code style in the next version?

Anyone at Workday wanna provide insights?

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    ECHW27

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    ECHW27
    Some teams are using YP but I don't think it is ever going to replace XO. Also, if you are open to working on proprietary language and you're happy with the offered TC then Workday is actually a great place to be. You'll get a lot of flexibility in terms of work hours and a superb work life balance.
    Mar 26 1
  • I know teams that uses both XO and YP.
    I believe both would be there.
    XO is kinda UI driven, UP is more on code and get output
    Mar 25 2
  • YP is in use currently, the extent to which it is depends heavily on team/org tho in my experience. There is growing momentum in my org to be using it and there was just a weekly "challenge" for 4 weeks for it that was open to anyone and had a leaderboard etc

    It makes some things from XO MUCH easier but it comes with its own disadvantages, via stuff that either can't be done (yet in some cases, at all in others) or is awkward to use but when you look at it through a relative lens it's definitely much nicer than in a vacuum. It is made to be integrated into existing XO code generally which contributes to some of the limitations. I don't think right now that it's possible to have something be pure YP for every aspect of it or that that is an actual goal anyone has, but I did see that you can do UI stuff with it which I didn't know before this challenge they put on. Regardless, being able to type sometimes is nice 🀣
    Mar 25 3
    • Yeah exactly! Workday is offering me a good deal so I'm open minded about XO as long as it does eventually get easier over time to use but I feel like having YP and XO in pairs for complete functionality together, and using each where they make the most sense, is a good story. Hopefully it pans out but I'm excited for it.
      Mar 25
    • It definitely does get easier to use but can still be very frustrating haha. I find people in general here to be really nice and helpful tho so there's not toooo much of me wanting to throw my computer these days πŸ˜…
      Mar 25
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    ArindamBad

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    ArindamBad
    X->Y
    O->P
    Simple.
    Mar 25 0