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This looks really really cool. In the 90s we had RAD tools like Delphi or Visual Basic which allow you to create simple apps very quickly. I feel that we are m
by ceronman 9y ago
This looks really really cool.
In the 90s we had RAD tools like Delphi or Visual Basic which allow you to create simple apps very quickly. I feel that we are missing RAD on the web these days. There are so many different moving pieces. To do a full modern web app you need to learn different languages and frameworks plus other technologies for hosting such as containers or AWS, etc. That might work for complex apps, but sometimes you just want to do something simple that you can easily design visually, use one language and hit one button to publish. I have the feeling that Anvil is moving in this direction.
And extra love for using Python :D
- zitterbewegung 9y agoVisual Basic where you replace basic with Python is compelling enough. On the web with a visual design editor ? That’s worth more than 50 bucks enough so that you can crank out a prototype.
- gadders 9y agoSilverStream used to do something a bit similar, and compile everything into Servlets. This is pre-2000. http://www2.sys-con.com/itsg/virtualcd/java/archives/0403/benfield/index.html http://www2.sys-con.com/itsg/virtualcd/java/archives/0403/be...
- amrrs 9y agoDid you mean Microsoft Silverlight?
- gadders 9y agoNo, this waaaaay older than that. I'm talking 18 or so years ago.
- ajksharma 9y agoWent nostalgic. I remember SilverStream. I had made a proposal for a movie theatre booking project around 2000 and had proposed using this. Though the client didn't care, I was very much in to the java hype raging then. (this is India)
- tluyben2 9y agoAh the CMS wars of the 2000s. In a David/Goliath kind of thing, we managed to beat them many times when they were one of the offerings. I don't remember why we won usually but probably because we were local and price.
- meredydd 9y agoWere you at PyCon UK this weekend? Cause you just repeated our pitch, just about word for word :) I started out on QBASIC and Visual Basic, back in the day, and as far as I'm concerned it's practically dereliction of duty that there wasn't something similar available for the web. Eventually, we got fed up enough to go and build it ourselves.
- ceronman 9y agoI wasn't there :) I learned to program with Turbo Pascal and then moved to Delphi. While watching your introduction demo my thoughts were "this is like Delphi for the web". I've also missed something like this for a long time. I'm definitely going to try your product!
- zitterbewegung 9y agoAre these websites responsive too ?
- meredydd 9y agoYes! See our first walkthrough video, which includes a screenshot of the (unmodified!) sample app on an iPhone. (https://anvil.works/learn https://anvil.works/learn) You can control which columns do and don't collapse on mobile or tablets. See this post from our user forum: https://anvil.works/forum/t/how-do-i-make-my-apps-look-nice-on-my-mobile-display/34 https://anvil.works/forum/t/how-do-i-make-my-apps-look-nice-...
- geoelectric 9y agoIt is really cool to see someone reviving the RAD concept, especially within the Python ecosystem. I was pretty big into Delphi back in the day--even worked for Borland testing it for a bit. I'm looking forward to trying this out.
- g105b 9y agoHmm, we must share the same demographic because I just commented a reply almost identical to yours. Happy Pythoning :)
- closeparen 9y agoNo one is forcing you to cargo-cult the backend architectures of huge companies. There is no shame in using mod_passenger, mod_wsgi, Elastic Beanstalk, Heroku, etc. Containers and container schedulers should be employed when it’s harder to not use them, at which point you can afford full-time SREs.