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Main dev on the project here (I work for rea-group.com who run www.realestate.com.au, but they've given me a years secondment to the project). Back in 2013 a t

Main dev on the project here (I work for rea-group.com who run www.realestate.com.au, but they've given me a years secondment to the project). Back in 2013 a team at our hackday implemented the precursor to this app, and the leadership team were super impressed. It's been amazing working so closely with the sector (we meet/do user testing with representatives from lots of organisations). This is my first project with react / es7, but I've built a few rich client webapps before. React is definitely the best developer experience I've had with client-side frameworks.

mrmondo 11y ago
It's been fantastic having Daniel on board for this and really great of REA to help with resourcing the project.
- barbs 11y ago
  This is an amazing and inspiring initiative and I wish I'd been involved somehow. I'm not sure whereabouts in Australia you're based, but if you're in Sydney I'd love to buy you both a beer :).
  - mrmondo 11y ago
    Hi Barb, We're based mainly in Melbourne, likewise if you're ever down this way make sure you get in contact!
  - mrmondo 11y ago
    Also, if you do want to be involved, send us a message - support@askizzy.org.au
sergiotapia 11y ago
One thing I do miss in React is having a baked in data layer. I know know, React is the V in MVC, but still - you see it being compared to Angular, etc all the time. Ember's ember-data package is so good. I miss it most of all.
- danielheath 11y ago
  I don't think baked-in is a great idea unless the data layer is really good. There are plenty of data-layer implementations that work with react, but none are good enough yet (imo) to be the canonical way to do it.
girvo 11y ago
Well done on the project from another Aussie dev! Agreed on React/ES7 -- absolutely amazing for rich-app development. Unrelated, but REAXML has taken years off my life ;)
- ishi 11y ago
  Anything with XML in it would do that to you...
bobbles 11y ago
Offtopic, but I don't suppose you could provide any insight into why real estate websites ask for search filters and then completely ignore them? (eg. if i search for a max limit of $750K, top page of results will all be offer 800k+ sites? - Why let me set a max then ignore it?)
- cubano 11y ago
  As someone who has built many real estate sites, this is done on purpose as a "fuzzy-logic" search as agents feel anyone willing to spend $750k for a home can be easily induced to spend 5-10% more if the right property catches their fancy.
  - tamana 11y ago
    So, they have zero respect for their users' intelligence or preferences.
  - Riseed 11y ago
    If I have wiggle room, I make my max inclusive of the "x% more if it catches my fancy". It's unintuitive to search for "max $680k" to ensure results are within a $750k budget. As someone who uses real estate sites, this is enough friction to send me elsewhere, where, as tamana says, my preferences and ability are respected. Why not add a slider bar for "perfect place" wiggle room amount/percentage, with a 10% default, but which the user can set to zero?
    - bobbles 11y ago
      Exactly, and the next problem is that it seems like EVERY real estate site does this. I have not found a SINGLE site in Australia to look for rent OR buy real estate, that actually filters based on what I enter. They are all useless
    - cubano 11y ago
      I like this a lot, and will do my best to convince my agents to allow me to implement this idea...
gaelian 11y ago
A bit of data feedback for you, getting to this page on your app: https://askizzy.org.au/category/have-your-say/in/2601-Australian%20Capital%20Territory/ https://askizzy.org.au/category/have-your-say/in/2601-Austra... Suggests that the Commonwealth Ombudsman does not have an office in Canberra. They actually do though[1]. Cool project, good luck with it! 1. http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/pages/contact-us/our-offices/index.php http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/pages/contact-us/our-offices/ind...
- jscn 11y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, gealian! I've let our data team know about the problem.

mrmondo 11y ago

It's been fantastic having Daniel on board for this and really great of REA to help with resourcing the project.

barbs 11y ago
This is an amazing and inspiring initiative and I wish I'd been involved somehow. I'm not sure whereabouts in Australia you're based, but if you're in Sydney I'd love to buy you both a beer :).
- mrmondo 11y ago
  Hi Barb, We're based mainly in Melbourne, likewise if you're ever down this way make sure you get in contact!
- mrmondo 11y ago
  Also, if you do want to be involved, send us a message - support@askizzy.org.au

sergiotapia 11y ago

One thing I do miss in React is having a baked in data layer. I know know, React is the V in MVC, but still - you see it being compared to Angular, etc all the time. Ember's ember-data package is so good. I miss it most of all.

danielheath 11y ago
I don't think baked-in is a great idea unless the data layer is really good. There are plenty of data-layer implementations that work with react, but none are good enough yet (imo) to be the canonical way to do it.

girvo 11y ago

Well done on the project from another Aussie dev! Agreed on React/ES7 -- absolutely amazing for rich-app development. Unrelated, but REAXML has taken years off my life ;)

ishi 11y ago
Anything with XML in it would do that to you...

bobbles 11y ago

Offtopic, but I don't suppose you could provide any insight into why real estate websites ask for search filters and then completely ignore them? (eg. if i search for a max limit of $750K, top page of results will all be offer 800k+ sites? - Why let me set a max then ignore it?)

cubano 11y ago
As someone who has built many real estate sites, this is done on purpose as a "fuzzy-logic" search as agents feel anyone willing to spend $750k for a home can be easily induced to spend 5-10% more if the right property catches their fancy.
- tamana 11y ago
  So, they have zero respect for their users' intelligence or preferences.
- Riseed 11y ago
  If I have wiggle room, I make my max inclusive of the "x% more if it catches my fancy". It's unintuitive to search for "max $680k" to ensure results are within a $750k budget. As someone who uses real estate sites, this is enough friction to send me elsewhere, where, as tamana says, my preferences and ability are respected. Why not add a slider bar for "perfect place" wiggle room amount/percentage, with a 10% default, but which the user can set to zero?
  - bobbles 11y ago
    Exactly, and the next problem is that it seems like EVERY real estate site does this. I have not found a SINGLE site in Australia to look for rent OR buy real estate, that actually filters based on what I enter. They are all useless
  - cubano 11y ago
    I like this a lot, and will do my best to convince my agents to allow me to implement this idea...

gaelian 11y ago

A bit of data feedback for you, getting to this page on your app: https://askizzy.org.au/category/have-your-say/in/2601-Australian%20Capital%20Territory/ https://askizzy.org.au/category/have-your-say/in/2601-Austra... Suggests that the Commonwealth Ombudsman does not have an office in Canberra. They actually do though[1]. Cool project, good luck with it! 1. http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/pages/contact-us/our-offices/index.php http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/pages/contact-us/our-offices/ind...

jscn 11y ago
Thanks for the feedback, gealian! I've let our data team know about the problem.