[HN Gopher] Show HN: PrograMaker - Visual Programming Platform
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       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...
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         | - 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.
        
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