[HN Gopher] Show HN: PrograMaker - Visual Programming Platform ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: PrograMaker - Visual Programming Platform Author : kenkeiras Score : 30 points Date : 2021-03-06 19:38 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (programaker.com) (TXT) w3m dump (programaker.com) | andrewnc wrote: | This looks really cool! Am I correct in saying this is competing | in the same space as something like Zapier? | kenkeiras wrote: | Thanks! Yes, it shares use-cases with Zapier, with the goal to | have a unifying structure to create webapps and other | interactive apps too. | johnwheeler wrote: | Let me try without creating an account please | kenkeiras wrote: | Good point, I'll look into removing that step. | | An account is needed because up until recently the only | input/output possible was through connections with other | services, and the way to associate user's with its services was | through an account. | | I know it's not ideal, but opening public programs in read-only | mode is possible without an account: | | - With scratch editor: | https://programaker.com/programs/181684e0-b3d8-4bd4-aa48-cd8... | | - With Flow editor: | https://programaker.com/programs/bfc8e5a9-1df8-4494-ac49-586... | franze wrote: | Me trying to scroll on your website on Google Chrome Iphone XR | https://photos.app.goo.gl/bMoirzUYg9MCYfsh6 | | Please get rid of all "scroll"-event handlers. | kenkeiras wrote: | Thanks for the heads up! I'm looking into it right now | hypermachine wrote: | Congrats on shipping this, this looks really cool. Reminds me of | n8n.io. What is the reasoning behind writing the flow editor from | scratch versus utilising an existing library such as Rete.js? | Also, if you need some ideas on the visual programming side of | things, feel free to drop me an email, I used to work in this | space. | kenkeiras wrote: | Thanks! Certainly this shares space with n8n.io . | | The reason for writing a new editor is to extend the things | that can be build with the Scratch/Blockly one, like frontend | interfaces or, in the future, streaming flows. There were also | some recurring problems people found when building with Scratch | that we can solve by having total control over the editor, like | reacting to type mismatches. (Note, though, that Scratch also | supports type checking) | | I'm really interested on other viewpoints on visual | programming, so for sure I'll send that email. | amanzi wrote: | Looks great. And I appreciate the docker-compose example and | architecture diagram in the README file. | | https://gitlab.com/programaker-project/programaker-core | | Keen to give this a go. | kenkeiras wrote: | Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep in mind that that is an | important part. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-03-06 23:00 UTC)