Slalom
Dev tools
ui interaction library
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
6 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.52.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive, clever examples
From 3 comments
Those are some amazing examples. Super impressive.
thoughtpalette on HNThis post is super cool and deserves more love. Physics constraints are super flexible. I've thought about using them for some pathfinding type work but have never tried. This is…
forrestthewoods on HNThis is one of the most awesome things for web-based GUIs ever. Performance seems to be decent on my mid-range to high-end mobile devices. Great work!
kabes on HN
Inline demos and small amount of code
From 1 comment
Neat! I love how the demos are inline with the exposition and code, and it's striking how little code is necessary to make things go. That said, this paragraph struck me as a…
panic on HN
Good performance on mobile devices
From 1 comment
This is one of the most awesome things for web-based GUIs ever. Performance seems to be decent on my mid-range to high-end mobile devices. Great work!
kabes on HN
Objections
Declarative constraint layouts cannot express every special case; procedural code gives more control
From 1 comment
Neat! I love how the demos are inline with the exposition and code, and it's striking how little code is necessary to make things go. That said, this paragraph struck me as a…
panic on HN
Slip when dragging from the middle of an element
From 1 comment
Neat! I love how the demos are inline with the exposition and code, and it's striking how little code is necessary to make things go. That said, this paragraph struck me as a…
panic on HN
Requests
More documentation on the constraints
From 1 comment
These are awesome. Would be cool to see more docs on the constraints themselves, if possible
jamieomatthews on HN
Package as a library
From 2 comments
I hope you'll find time to package both this and your javascript physics code. Your constraints abstraction looks very promising. Now all you need is to package it up. The…
thomasfl on HNThanks!. For now the source of the examples is the best reference (and is commented with the intent of the constraints):…
i_am_ralpht on HN
Questions
Can the code be reused given the license
From 1 comment
These are really awesome - a very big well done to the author. Only this morning I was thinking of how to implement a few of these types of interactions for a web app I'm…
thomasfoster96 on HN
Alternatives named
uilang and uiscript
From 1 comment
These are really awesome - a very big well done to the author. Only this morning I was thinking of how to implement a few of these types of interactions for a web app I'm…
thomasfoster96 on HN
Grid Style Sheets
From 1 comment
These are really awesome - a very big well done to the author. Only this morning I was thinking of how to implement a few of these types of interactions for a web app I'm…
thomasfoster96 on HN
CSS layout
From 1 comment
Thanks! Regarding your point on declarative vs imperative I think it depends on your pain threshold--you can't accomplish everything you want with CSS layout, but that doesn't…
i_am_ralpht on HN