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What has the world come to if this mess is considered easier than writing some nested html tags? (Perhaps I'm not plugged into the SPA scene well enough to appr

What has the world come to if this mess is considered easier than writing some nested html tags? (Perhaps I'm not plugged into the SPA scene well enough to appreciate this project. I hope it is useful to some.) In fact, reading the examples made me check to see if the first commit to this project was today, April Fools...

ludami 7y ago
I really hope it's a joke. I mean it's not even flat. It's just the nesting is represented in a different less intuitive way.
mebr 7y ago
The reason behind the design is not mentioned. Why would one take this seriously?
bscphil 7y ago
The link was shared here by someone with the same username as the github repo owner - presumably it was a pre-planned April Fools day joke for Hacker News.
- mdturnerphys 7y ago
  It looks like the owner has shared it three times in the last 2 weeks, which suggests it isn't a joke.
m463 7y ago
Come on, this is cutting edge stuff. Personally I've been considering an alternative representation of python using YAML. for example this python: if a == 3: b = y * 3 else: b = x + 4 could be represented in YAML python as: if a == 3: b = y * 3 else: b = x + 4
- Stratoscope 7y ago
  That is amazing! I hope you can share the toolchain that lets you convert from one to the other so seamlessly?
  - m463 7y ago
    I will as soon as the indentation technology has been worked out, and the API stabilized and a documentation framework has been completed, targeting 4/1/21.
    - laumars 7y ago
      4th of Jan? ;)
zuckluni 7y ago
Replugging bepis, another way to write 'flat' HTML using operators with a slightly different operator set: https://github.com/dosyago/bepis https://github.com/dosyago/bepis For me I just wanted to stop writing all the extra syntax (like `< > =` and closing tags) and use symbols my fingers were already reaching for. Just about conciseness, efficiency and enjoyment. I really like the operator choice in this project!
panic 7y ago
One advantage is security. The text after the equals sign in each string can't be misinterpreted as HTML syntax, so it's safe to build flat HTML using string concatenation.

ludami 7y ago

I really hope it's a joke. I mean it's not even flat. It's just the nesting is represented in a different less intuitive way.

mebr 7y ago

The reason behind the design is not mentioned. Why would one take this seriously?

bscphil 7y ago

The link was shared here by someone with the same username as the github repo owner - presumably it was a pre-planned April Fools day joke for Hacker News.

mdturnerphys 7y ago
It looks like the owner has shared it three times in the last 2 weeks, which suggests it isn't a joke.

m463 7y ago

Come on, this is cutting edge stuff. Personally I've been considering an alternative representation of python using YAML. for example this python: if a == 3: b = y * 3 else: b = x + 4 could be represented in YAML python as: if a == 3: b = y * 3 else: b = x + 4

Stratoscope 7y ago
That is amazing! I hope you can share the toolchain that lets you convert from one to the other so seamlessly?
- m463 7y ago
  I will as soon as the indentation technology has been worked out, and the API stabilized and a documentation framework has been completed, targeting 4/1/21.
  - laumars 7y ago
    4th of Jan? ;)

zuckluni 7y ago

Replugging bepis, another way to write 'flat' HTML using operators with a slightly different operator set: https://github.com/dosyago/bepis https://github.com/dosyago/bepis For me I just wanted to stop writing all the extra syntax (like `< > =` and closing tags) and use symbols my fingers were already reaching for. Just about conciseness, efficiency and enjoyment. I really like the operator choice in this project!

panic 7y ago

One advantage is security. The text after the equals sign in each string can't be misinterpreted as HTML syntax, so it's safe to build flat HTML using string concatenation.