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Every modern web framework has auto reload, so this is an app that’s only targeting people who know HTML well enough to hand write a page but don’t know about m
by earthboundkid 7y ago
Every modern web framework has auto reload, so this is an app that’s only targeting people who know HTML well enough to hand write a page but don’t know about modern web development. Good luck, but I can’t imagine it’s a growing market.
- tumultco 7y agoI absolutely wondered the same thing when doing the update as the world isn't 2003 anymore. But I have found it useful even when doing modern web development as a quick playground to try snippets. "Live as you type" speed can change your iteration flow vs. an often slower rebuild+auto reload cycle. This was more of a passion/craft project than one I expect will make a gigantic impact. A side motive was to help move out some code of our Hype app to an "app shell" where I can more quickly make other applications with the same trial/licensing/windowing/etc. components.
- moolcool 7y agoOr developers who want to write basic HTML webpages without use of any of the bloated modern frameworks...
- kalleboo 7y agoRight, sometimes you just want a web page, and not a web app.
- lang_agnostic 7y agoEducation?
- earthboundkid 7y agoStudents cheapskates unless they're forced to buy something by the school.
- njhaveri 7y agoI build my website with Jekyll 4 and use livereload, but have actually found some use out of this tool for writing small snippets. Seeing your CSS come to life with every keystroke in real time (without having to press CMD+S in your IDE) is surprisingly useful. The main use-case where this tool has been useful, though, is when I'm working on my Mac app that uses WKWebView and Javascript pretty extensively. It's much faster to get little JS snippets right compared to the really slow build+run cycle in Xcode.