HyperApp
Languages and libraries
javascript framework
SHOW HN2018
303points
162comments
#86of 2,155 in 2018
Top 4%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
10 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Design: 4 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple API and small size make it easy to use
From 3 comments
This is an exceptionally simple library to use in place of React. Both its performance and the development experience have been great. My company's been using it in production…
hellcow on HNI love hyperapp! As someone who thinks Elm’s architecture is ideal for building webapps, it’s great to be able to almost replicate it in JS. It’s simple enough to get started…
Karupan on HNHyperapp has a great API, it's easy to use and it's 1 kB.
starbuzz on HN
Readable source code
From 1 comment
I've tried hyperapp and liked it a lot. I loved that can read full source code and actually understand what it is doing under the hood.
czechdeveloper on HN
Objections
Slower than other virtual DOM libraries in benchmarks
From 1 comment
It's not very performant compared to other v-doms https://rawgit.com/krausest/js-framework-benchmark/master/webdriver-ts-results/table.html
owlfarm on HN
Repeated submissions of similar Show HN posts
From 1 comment
I've seen "Show HN: HyperApp" type of submissions at least 5 times earlier. Congrats, you made a 1Kb JS library. Please stop spamming HN though.…
ninjaturtles on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Preact
From 1 comment
How does this compare to Preact?
devmunchies on HN
Does it work with form inputs
From 1 comment
Does it work well with inputs? (text, checkboxes, radios, selects)
janci on HN
Alternatives named
Preact
From 1 comment
How does this compare to Preact?
devmunchies on HN
lit-html
From 1 comment
If you're interesting in a reactive template library that doesn't require a compiler for non-standard JavaScript syntax, check out a library I've been working on for a little…
spankalee on HN
choo
From 1 comment
That looks just like choo! choo https://choo.io/ uses tagged templates too. It's 4kilobytes.
gyrgtyn on HN
Mithril
From 1 comment
In the same vein there's Mithril. It's 8kb but includes a router and a fetch polyfill! I love these little JS frameworks :) https://mithril.js.org/
gandreani on HN