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Ahhh makes sense. Demoboard is really made for throwing together a demo as quick as possible. But I think https://codesandbox.io https://codesandbox.io would s

Ahhh makes sense. Demoboard is really made for throwing together a demo as quick as possible. But I think https://codesandbox.io https://codesandbox.io would suit what you want perfectly. Have you given it a try?

TekMol 8y ago
Demoboard would work just as well. It's just about how you set up the examples. One moment ... let me make an example without a server side toolchain involved ... Here we go: https://frontarm.com/demoboard/?id=321f4d83-b0d8-4bd0-876b-0b1ef39cf15f https://frontarm.com/demoboard/?id=321f4d83-b0d8-4bd0-876b-0... No more hidden magic. Everything happens in the browser. The user can use the downloaded thing without setting up a server side toolchain.
- jamesknelson 8y ago
  Yeah, I really do like this way of doing it. I might change the Vue example to do that. For React though, the HTML is usually empty, so it ends up hiding the dependencies within a tab that nobody looks at, so imports are a lot clearer. Perhaps I could find a way to transform imports into script statements in the exported file. I'll have a think about it...
  - TekMol 8y ago
    Perhaps I could find a way to transform imports into script statements in the exported file Uhh no! That would be even more hidden magic. The beauty of your platform really shines when there is no hidden process. When the user can transparently see what happens. There really is no difference between Vue and React in this regard. The React demo without a server side toolchain looks like this: https://frontarm.com/demoboard/?id=2e5ca405-b011-4d00-988d-2a62326447b1 https://frontarm.com/demoboard/?id=2e5ca405-b011-4d00-988d-2...
  - yodon 8y ago
    Packing up the imports into (a) boilerplate html and (b) boilerplate package.json would allow people to code stuff up quickly in your editor and then download it for integration in their own pipelines with minimal hassle (Maybe add buttons to download as zip with dependencies either in index.html or in packages.json?)
styfle 8y ago
Code Sandbox is great for general purpose coding. I have a whole list of Online IDEs that you might be interested in comparing. https://github.com/styfle/awesome-online-ide https://github.com/styfle/awesome-online-ide

TekMol 8y ago

Demoboard would work just as well. It's just about how you set up the examples. One moment ... let me make an example without a server side toolchain involved ... Here we go: https://frontarm.com/demoboard/?id=321f4d83-b0d8-4bd0-876b-0b1ef39cf15f https://frontarm.com/demoboard/?id=321f4d83-b0d8-4bd0-876b-0... No more hidden magic. Everything happens in the browser. The user can use the downloaded thing without setting up a server side toolchain.

jamesknelson 8y ago
Yeah, I really do like this way of doing it. I might change the Vue example to do that. For React though, the HTML is usually empty, so it ends up hiding the dependencies within a tab that nobody looks at, so imports are a lot clearer. Perhaps I could find a way to transform imports into script statements in the exported file. I'll have a think about it...
- TekMol 8y ago
  Perhaps I could find a way to transform imports into script statements in the exported file Uhh no! That would be even more hidden magic. The beauty of your platform really shines when there is no hidden process. When the user can transparently see what happens. There really is no difference between Vue and React in this regard. The React demo without a server side toolchain looks like this: https://frontarm.com/demoboard/?id=2e5ca405-b011-4d00-988d-2a62326447b1 https://frontarm.com/demoboard/?id=2e5ca405-b011-4d00-988d-2...
- yodon 8y ago
  Packing up the imports into (a) boilerplate html and (b) boilerplate package.json would allow people to code stuff up quickly in your editor and then download it for integration in their own pipelines with minimal hassle (Maybe add buttons to download as zip with dependencies either in index.html or in packages.json?)

styfle 8y ago

Code Sandbox is great for general purpose coding. I have a whole list of Online IDEs that you might be interested in comparing. https://github.com/styfle/awesome-online-ide https://github.com/styfle/awesome-online-ide