Materia
Dev tools
visual application builder
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
8 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.00.
Docs: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, adult-looking UI
From 2 comments
I Like the UI, it is time for dev tools to start looking like they're used by adults instead of typically looking like the video game screen of a teenager. As a developer of web…
Edmond on HNCongrats to appealing design. Is it Material UI or just inspired by?
dandare on HN
Quickstart is a good teaching tool
From 1 comment
I really enjoyed going through the quickstart. It doubles as a really great teaching tool for people coming from front-end and design. It made a lot of data modeling concepts…
aridiculous on HN
WYSIWYG approach seems flexible
From 1 comment
Hopefully a backend that lets me stay in my own environment and don't oblige me to code on THEIR hosted cloud platform. I like the WYSIWYG approach, as far as I tried it seems…
nadiac on HN
Objections
Linux download button did nothing
From 2 comments
Just a heads up, getting a confusing message on Linux: http://i.imgur.com/aTzQ8MU.png
city41 on HNI am on Linux and nothing happens when I click the "Download for Linux" button.
budhajeewa on HN
Server is open source but the designer is not
From 1 comment
Materia server is fully open source. We are in the process of commenting it better for people to contribute and customize it. Materia Designer is not fully open source, we use…
thyb on HN
Mobile site layout had problems
From 1 comment
mobile site needs a bit of work ;)
sftcore on HN
Site was down at one point
From 1 comment
the site is down.
med_abidi on HN
Requests
Linux support
From 1 comment
The message/button has been fixed, sorry for the inconvenience. It's also aimed to be supported on Linux in a near future.
thyb on HN
MySQL integration
From 1 comment
Congrats it looks great ! I'll give it a try ! When do you think mysql integration will be added ? Anytime soon ?
maxencecornet on HN
Ability to self-host the backend
From 1 comment
Hopefully a backend that lets me stay in my own environment and don't oblige me to code on THEIR hosted cloud platform. I like the WYSIWYG approach, as far as I tried it seems…
nadiac on HN
Built-in user creation
From 1 comment
it seems that there is no native tool for creating users
claudiojulio on HN
Questions
What is the pricing and when do you pay?
From 1 comment
Was looking for quick backend set up too. And the fact is open source is great! But what will be paying and when do we pay?
htuao on HN
What language and platform is it built on?
From 1 comment
Hi, the tool looks cool. But I cannot find info about language/platform. From what I kind of guessed it is JS/Node, it that right?
kvgr on HN
Alternatives named
PostgREST
From 1 comment
Check out http://postgrest.com/. It converts your database into a REST-api.
cel1ne on HN
Bootstrap Studio and Pingendo
From 1 comment
I'm not sure if it helps, but there are some Bootstrap site designer IDEs which may help with what you need. Pingendo (free) [www.pingendo.com] Bootstrap Studio ($25)…
srikz on HN