Pageforest
Dev tools
web app platform
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
Idea: 1 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Client-side app model with view-source openness is appealing
From 1 comment
I love the idea of developing in the cloud with only js and a db api. The option to "view page source" makes each js app kind of "open" and more trustable. Thanks for sharing…
FedericoElles on HN
Pageforest concept is cool
From 1 comment
It's a great concept. Question - why not just use CouchDB? We've been doing similar app platform stuff with it for years. Check out this wiki that is hosted directly out of…
jchrisa on HN
Objections
80-line claim is misleading since libraries are excluded
From 2 comments
Hate to nitpick, but blatant linkbait headline. It's not 80 lines of JavaScript. It's 80 lines of javascript + thousands more lines of JavaScript in the form of libraries.
axod on HNMy point, is that "80 lines of javascript" is technically incorrect. There's no point to mention how many lines of code it is, unless it's actually true.
axod on HN
Span elements used for clickable links hurt accessibility
From 2 comments
Not a fan of <span>s that I'm supposed to click. If it's a link, make it an <a>, please.
jrockway on HNBecause random spans don't get hinted, and to click the link, I have to actually reach for my mouse. a and form elements are clickable. Everything else is just plain text. In…
jrockway on HN
Could be built more simply on CouchDB
From 2 comments
It's a great concept. Question - why not just use CouchDB? We've been doing similar app platform stuff with it for years. Check out this wiki that is hosted directly out of…
jchrisa on HNPageForest uses App Engine to provide a key value storage API with user authentication. CouchDB has these out-of-the-box, so a CouchDB version should be much less code than this…
jchrisa on HN
Contenteditable WYSIWYG is fragile in production
From 1 comment
Have you actually tried using ContentEditable in a production system? If so, I think you'd withdraw your comment. It's hairball.
jasonkester on HN
Requests
Support multiple pages per wiki
From 1 comment
How is this a wiki? Does it only have the one page?
Raphael on HN
Discuss security tradeoffs of the model
From 1 comment
PageForest looks pretty cool. Anyone want to comment about security concerns of the pageforest model, vs traditional web apps?
jorgem on HN
Questions
Why not use CouchDB instead
From 1 comment
It's a great concept. Question - why not just use CouchDB? We've been doing similar app platform stuff with it for years. Check out this wiki that is hosted directly out of…
jchrisa on HN
Is this really a wiki with only one page
From 1 comment
How is this a wiki? Does it only have the one page?
Raphael on HN
Alternatives named
CouchDB and CouchApp
From 1 comment
It's a great concept. Question - why not just use CouchDB? We've been doing similar app platform stuff with it for years. Check out this wiki that is hosted directly out of…
jchrisa on HN
AppJet
From 1 comment
"single-page", that reminds me of appjet, a cool hosted SSJS by the authors of etherpad.
jhrobert on HN