Jasonette
Dev tools
declarative app builder
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
44 positive, 56 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 114 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Idea: 30 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive and expressive idea for rapid app building
From 3 comments
Wow this is really impressive. If you had enough JSON-to-native "modules", basically anyone could write a native app in a few hours (since functionality in most apps is pretty…
oliv__ on HNThis seems similar to what is used internally at AppSpotr[1] (disclaimer: I'm a former employee). They also use JSON to represent apps that can be rendered in iOS/Android…
niklaslogren on HNI'm at a restaurant reading this so I haven't had a chance to test it out yet but having reviewed the website I already see a massive use for this: Programmatic app building.…
zupreme on HN
Good documentation
From 1 comment
Very neat and well put together! Thank you for taking the time to prepare nice documentation to go along with it! Congrats on your release!
walke on HN
Objections
JSON is awkward to write by hand; YAML or similar suggested
From 2 comments
This is very interesting, although JSON is not a very comfortable format to build manually - I think writing in YAML or CSON would be much cleaner to read/write, and easily…
felipeccastro on HNNice to see you getting so much positive feedback, here is some negative feedback balance it out: * How is this different from any of the other declarative app building systems…
OOPMan on HN
Similar to React or HTML reinvented
From 2 comments
Been there, done that. When I coded games, I made some simple JSON based file format and almost whole game was in form of JSON. I even implemented conditional and loops in JSON.…
hex13 on HNIs this HTML reinvented? :)
amelius on HN
Requests
Android port
From 3 comments
Wow that is actually a brilliant idea. Would you ever consider making an android version?
libeclipse on HNWhat would be the feasability of an Android port? I like the concept, but hate that it's for a platform that I refuse to touch with a ten-foot pole.
yellowapple on HNIs anyone working on an Android port? I'd definitely want to give it a go. Haven't checked yet, but is there a spec for the json?
frostymarvelous on HN
Support for web output
From 1 comment
This is really cool. Why not also support the web? With an Immutable store you could easily use react to display this app on the web without needing native install. Great job.…
sintaxi on HN
Questions
How localisation of UI works
From 1 comment
This looks really interesting. How can you localise an app's UI when using this?
jscholes on HN
Where logic, looping and database access go
From 1 comment
Late to the game--where does logic go? Looping? DB access? Would they be written in Objective C as actions?
tomcam on HN
Alternatives named
React Native
From 1 comment
This looks very cool. And tempting at the first glance. As I read more of the documentation, I can't help stop comparing it with React-native for the rendering part. I remember…
anupshinde on HN
NativeScript
From 1 comment
Android and web dev here, how would you compare this to nativescript and such? Instead of learning a new dsl, isn't web to native simpler? Unless you're developing a game I've…
thecrazyone on HN
AppSpotr
From 1 comment
This seems similar to what is used internally at AppSpotr[1] (disclaimer: I'm a former employee). They also use JSON to represent apps that can be rendered in iOS/Android…
niklaslogren on HN