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Show HN: Write and deploy your first web app in 5 minutes, no setup needed

86 points by jmtame 15y ago

samdjohnson 15y ago
Baller
johnnyjustice 15y ago
So is this site like a TryRuby deal?
- choxi 15y ago
  yeah except it also teaches you how to build apps and then lets you deploy them
rexf 15y ago
Nice, the prior HN post for DojoApp redirects here. I knew the UI looked familiar. Check the first sentence for spelling: "The box below is an interactie Ruby console."
JakeOnRails 15y ago
I just get an interactive ruby and it wants me to move through a bunch of steps... Just visiting the page I have no idea where I am going and why I should invest my time. It looks like a site to teach absolutely new programmers how to code Ruby.
dlf 15y ago
i feel like i've seen this before... name change?
- jmtame 15y ago
  yeah, there was some confusion between us and the javascript framework.
blrgeek 15y ago
Once I click 'next' focus is not on the console window. FF8/MacOS. Very distracting.
shawndrost 15y ago
If this is going to end up in an awesome website that I can show my friends, how about you show me that up front? That sounds pretty motivating!
jaysonelliot 15y ago
I'm not a programmer, yet I'm having a ton of fun going through the steps on this site.
brandnewlow 15y ago
Backspace sent me back to this post and I lost my progress.
- jmtame 15y ago
  sorry, we'll get this fixed. the browser window is gaining focus after clicking the next button and we should refocus it back on the console
ppk 15y ago
I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 x64, firefox 1 billion, and neither of the buttons seem to do anything... if I have to login to try it, you should say so on the page. Edit: I refreshed a few times and it seems to be working now, before, it just showed a "next" button and a "grade it" button, and a text box that said "ruby console".
k3dz 15y ago
open your app gives me Application Error An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.
- jmtame 15y ago
  can you email us your application URL? we're founders at trybloc.com
  - k3dz 15y ago
    it was due to a typo..is there a way to see the error logs? url - http://young-forest-975.herokuapp.com/ http://young-forest-975.herokuapp.com/
    - jmtame 15y ago
      did you try to sign up? you can save your progress and edit your code on any repo by signing up.
      - k3dz 15y ago
        yup.. i signed up and fixed it.. thanks!
abrown28 15y ago
console doesn't work to well with the xoom keyboard. Looks like the focus goes away and comes back with every key press. I suspect android tablet wasnt a target for the demo :-)
DanielN 15y ago
Nice site. One thing I came across: Your code validation checks for necessity without checking for sufficiency. In other words while "hello world" will be accepted. So will something like "hello world"" Also, when I attempted to deploy some 'malicious' code it didn't deploy (great), but it would be nice to get some message as to why my deploy failed. Small things but something worth accounting for since the goal of the site seems to be making taking that first step as pain free as possible.
- choxi 15y ago
  you should try out the URL Shortener course, it tests your input at a higher level so you don't bump into things like that
teja1990 15y ago
Nice work guys , it was fun learning like this. But when I had to go back after finishing the course , the share window , i mean the option to tweet and deploy still follow me in all my previous windows. It would be great if you can provide a close button :)
czzarr 15y ago
it's taking super long to grade the creating random numbers step of the URL shortener (1min and counting)
- czzarr 15y ago
  34min now...
colinm 15y ago
FYI: Editor doesn't work in IE9
djbender 15y ago
Should probably do some more careful code checking, or actually run a validator on the code.
djbender 15y ago
I feel like it's worth mentioning that if you like learning through an application interface similar to this, I really recommend http://codeschool.com http://codeschool.com. (I'm completely unaffiliated.)
wesleyzhao 15y ago
Not sure if this is on purpose or legacy code, but the Tweet button and Like button (both of which I clicked :]) both link and speak of "DojoApp"/dojoapp.com
lucian1900 15y ago
Interesting, I've yet to see such a nicely streamlined code-to-deploy process, in a browser. Cloud9 + github + heroku comes close (and is more powerful), but the initial cost of getting hello world working is much higher than bloc.
deleted 15y ago
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darwindeeds 15y ago
Great idea but the design is very similar to http://www.codecademy.com/ http://www.codecademy.com/ you guys should make some UI changes to avoid being tagged copy-cat.
ziyadb 15y ago
While I don't have any constructive comments to offer with regard to the product itself, I feel obliged to convey my encouragement and appreciation. You're doing great work. Keep getting better.

86 points by jmtame 15y ago

samdjohnson 15y ago

Baller

johnnyjustice 15y ago

So is this site like a TryRuby deal?

choxi 15y ago
yeah except it also teaches you how to build apps and then lets you deploy them

rexf 15y ago

Nice, the prior HN post for DojoApp redirects here. I knew the UI looked familiar. Check the first sentence for spelling: "The box below is an interactie Ruby console."

JakeOnRails 15y ago

I just get an interactive ruby and it wants me to move through a bunch of steps... Just visiting the page I have no idea where I am going and why I should invest my time. It looks like a site to teach absolutely new programmers how to code Ruby.

dlf 15y ago

i feel like i've seen this before... name change?

jmtame 15y ago
yeah, there was some confusion between us and the javascript framework.

blrgeek 15y ago

Once I click 'next' focus is not on the console window. FF8/MacOS. Very distracting.

shawndrost 15y ago

If this is going to end up in an awesome website that I can show my friends, how about you show me that up front? That sounds pretty motivating!

jaysonelliot 15y ago

I'm not a programmer, yet I'm having a ton of fun going through the steps on this site.

brandnewlow 15y ago

Backspace sent me back to this post and I lost my progress.

jmtame 15y ago
sorry, we'll get this fixed. the browser window is gaining focus after clicking the next button and we should refocus it back on the console

ppk 15y ago

I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 x64, firefox 1 billion, and neither of the buttons seem to do anything... if I have to login to try it, you should say so on the page. Edit: I refreshed a few times and it seems to be working now, before, it just showed a "next" button and a "grade it" button, and a text box that said "ruby console".

k3dz 15y ago

open your app gives me Application Error An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.

jmtame 15y ago
can you email us your application URL? we're founders at trybloc.com
- k3dz 15y ago
  it was due to a typo..is there a way to see the error logs? url - http://young-forest-975.herokuapp.com/ http://young-forest-975.herokuapp.com/
  - jmtame 15y ago
    did you try to sign up? you can save your progress and edit your code on any repo by signing up.
    - k3dz 15y ago
      yup.. i signed up and fixed it.. thanks!

abrown28 15y ago

console doesn't work to well with the xoom keyboard. Looks like the focus goes away and comes back with every key press. I suspect android tablet wasnt a target for the demo :-)

DanielN 15y ago

Nice site. One thing I came across: Your code validation checks for necessity without checking for sufficiency. In other words while "hello world" will be accepted. So will something like "hello world"" Also, when I attempted to deploy some 'malicious' code it didn't deploy (great), but it would be nice to get some message as to why my deploy failed. Small things but something worth accounting for since the goal of the site seems to be making taking that first step as pain free as possible.

choxi 15y ago
you should try out the URL Shortener course, it tests your input at a higher level so you don't bump into things like that

teja1990 15y ago

Nice work guys , it was fun learning like this. But when I had to go back after finishing the course , the share window , i mean the option to tweet and deploy still follow me in all my previous windows. It would be great if you can provide a close button :)

czzarr 15y ago

it's taking super long to grade the creating random numbers step of the URL shortener (1min and counting)

czzarr 15y ago
34min now...

colinm 15y ago

FYI: Editor doesn't work in IE9

djbender 15y ago

Should probably do some more careful code checking, or actually run a validator on the code.

djbender 15y ago

I feel like it's worth mentioning that if you like learning through an application interface similar to this, I really recommend http://codeschool.com http://codeschool.com. (I'm completely unaffiliated.)

wesleyzhao 15y ago

Not sure if this is on purpose or legacy code, but the Tweet button and Like button (both of which I clicked :]) both link and speak of "DojoApp"/dojoapp.com

lucian1900 15y ago

Interesting, I've yet to see such a nicely streamlined code-to-deploy process, in a browser. Cloud9 + github + heroku comes close (and is more powerful), but the initial cost of getting hello world working is much higher than bloc.

deleted 15y ago

[deleted]

darwindeeds 15y ago

Great idea but the design is very similar to http://www.codecademy.com/ http://www.codecademy.com/ you guys should make some UI changes to avoid being tagged copy-cat.

ziyadb 15y ago

While I don't have any constructive comments to offer with regard to the product itself, I feel obliged to convey my encouragement and appreciation. You're doing great work. Keep getting better.