[HN Gopher] Histoire: A new way to write stories, powered by Vite
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       Histoire: A new way to write stories, powered by Vite
        
       Author : radus
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2023-08-09 18:56 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (histoire.dev)
        
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       | PaulHoule wrote:
       | https://twitter.com/novus_rue/status/1476182586221215747
        
       | arpowers wrote:
       | Looks awesome.
       | 
       | I always check for committed and professional open source devs
       | before I consider a project. The devs behind this one are
       | experienced Vue folks.
       | 
       | Looking forward to giving it a try.
        
       | pmontra wrote:
       | Put an example in the home page. I went to GitHub and I found
       | some ts code in the examples directories but I could not find any
       | story, if these stories are what books are made of. If they are
       | something else I might have seen one without realizing it.
        
       | ericls wrote:
       | Why do I need to care about what tool it is powered by?
        
       | nerdix wrote:
       | First I thought it was a tool for writing user stories.
       | 
       | Then I thought it was a tool for writing books.
       | 
       | Then finally I discovered that it's a Storybook alternative. I
       | think.
        
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       | kkarimi wrote:
       | What's the rationale behind supporting Vue and Svelte and not
       | React/Solid?
        
         | brianzelip wrote:
         | - Looks like some of the authors are Vue core team members
         | 
         | - the project is Vite forward
         | 
         | - looks like React and Solid (and Angular) are in the roadmap
        
       | Biologist123 wrote:
       | Layman here. I was hoping this would be an AI tool which turns
       | user stories into a web app.
       | 
       | Seeking input from experts: how long until that day? Or is this
       | that tool...?
        
         | gremlinsinc wrote:
         | Yeah, I was expecting something having to do with book writing,
         | or user stories. Honestly, I don't understand when/why UI
         | became a 'story'. I get storybook because storybooks have
         | pictures, so it's more about the picture than the words on the
         | page.
         | 
         | However, the tool does look nice, if the 'hook' for the site
         | isn't that explanatory. I might like to try it on svelte, I
         | wonder how hard it'd be to integrate with
         | laravel+livewire+alpine stack, because there's nothing like
         | this for that. Probably a big value too.
        
           | _jesse wrote:
           | I also thought it was going to be for publishing writings
           | online. They're reusing the lingo from storybook, which is
           | going to be familiar to a lot of people in the frontend space
           | these days.
           | 
           | It does look like a great tool, I would definitely give it a
           | try first before going to storybook.
        
       | Taig wrote:
       | I couldn't figure out what this is about without diving into the
       | docs. The landing page left me mostly clueless.
        
         | CharlesW wrote:
         | Yes, it's not good. This helped me:
         | https://blog.logrocket.com/writing-interactive-component-sto...
         | 
         | > _With the release of Vue 3, a Storybook alternative named
         | Histoire has gained some traction. In this blog post, we'll
         | explore how to create interactive documentation of UI
         | components for Vue 3 projects. As with Storybook, Histoire is
         | designed for making your life much easier to create living
         | style-guides and component showcases._
        
         | moritzwarhier wrote:
         | > Stories
         | 
         | > Write stories to showcase and document your components.
         | 
         | Until having used it, I was having similar questions about the
         | domain of Storybook.
         | 
         | But this sentence (first paragraph below the header and menu)
         | sums it up clearly for every frontend developer IMO.
         | 
         | Also this is linked and goes into more detail about what a
         | "story" is:
         | 
         | https://histoire.dev/guide/
        
         | jsunderland323 wrote:
         | I agree. I thought this was a substack competitor for the first
         | minute.
        
       | radus wrote:
       | Though Storybook now supports Vite as well, I like Histoire
       | because it cuts down on boilerplate, especially for Vue 3
       | projects.
        
       | dimmke wrote:
       | >"Histoire is a tool to generate stories applications (or
       | "books")."
       | 
       | What a clever naming scheme! Nobody reads stories or books
       | anymore, so when they see the word "story" they'll automatically
       | assume you mean UX Story! This isn't ridiculously confusing at
       | all.
        
         | nonethewiser wrote:
         | I assumed it was a writing tool that fit into a developer
         | workflow. Git integration, build step, etc.
         | 
         | And to be clear when I say write I mean like a novel or blog
         | post. Like with the English language.
        
           | dimmke wrote:
           | Yeah I was being sarcastic this is bad
        
         | nannal wrote:
         | Thank you for helping me understand what this application is. I
         | think,
        
         | swyx wrote:
         | this is unfairly negative, Storybook started calling it stories
         | and before them, PMs and UX researchers, to the point that it
         | was an industry understood term long before Histoire came
         | along. the overloading is unfortunate but happens all the time
         | - we don't complain about "bug" or "fork".
        
         | stevage wrote:
         | Agreed. So it's basically a tool for documenting components,
         | with an obnoxious name.
         | 
         | Even the use of french. Why French? Because it's really so
         | exotic?
        
       | UncleOxidant wrote:
       | Oh... _those_ kinds of stories. I was hoping it might help me
       | finally get around to writing that novel.
        
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