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Tools for rapid prototyping: a webapp in 1 week
- nickmerwin 18y agoFor the rails kids, we have Bort (http://github.com/fudgestudios/bort/tree/master http://github.com/fudgestudios/bort/tree/master)
- jhancock 18y agofor the merb grown-ups, merb 1.0 now has a well factored authentication framework. The docs/howtos are still a little rough, but I've just gone through migrating my existing app which had mature hand-rolled User model, session management, and registration process. With the new merb auth code, I've just dropped quite a bit of code. also +1 for Blueprint CSS as well. This finally got me out of CSS hell.
- inklesspen 18y agoJust a list of frameworks. Yeah, I know jQuery is rad, but I was hoping to see some actual advice on the prototyping process, as opposed to the coding process.
- durdn 18y agoI am planning to do that. I just posted a quick background story and overview as soon as I had done with the marathon. More to come.
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- tdavis 18y agoAs cool and useful as Pinax is, calling it "well documented" isn't entirely accurate considering the fact that there is barely any documentation to speak of.
- durdn 18y agoYep, that was a bit overenthusiastic of me. But I noticed they are improving the documentation fast. It is a very young project after all. Maybe I could rephrase "well documented" in: given the clarity and the good structure of the code I did not have problems finding my way around.
- nocivus 18y agoI agree. It's not that it's extensively documented; it's that the code is easy enough to hack to one's needs ;)
- aneesh 18y agoNext step: use some simple data mining to recommend other movies I might like, and link to a site where I can watch/buy.
- cbarning 18y agoFor prototyping we just starting using Axure. http://axure.com/ http://axure.com/ Adobe has a Thermo but it's still in labs. http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Thermo http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Thermo
- truebosko 18y agoWhat's everyones take on using something like Pinax where a lot of things are done and bundled up for you? I've never been a huge fan of this approach. I like Django because it removes some of the annoying parts of creating a web app, but I don't like when the user registration, commenting, profiles, avatars, and more site-specific functionality like "groups/message boards" are pre-built for me
- durdn 18y agoRecently pinax added a basic_project in addition to a complete_project. In the basic project fewer things are provided, like registration with openid support and email validation. In addition there's a structure to create your menus and submenus. So far I found it a very good starting point for my development and not obtrusive at all.
- lliiffee 18y agoI really shouldn't nitpick-- particularly on something thrown together in a week by one person-- but I can't resist: I bet you'd double the fraction of people looking at the site who actually build a list if it lets you start building a list before signing up. After I've built one you can remind me that I should sign up if I want to keep it. Its much better to let people get their feet wet with out jumping through the hoop of a sign-up.
- durdn 18y agoAh totally cool suggestion, thanks. And easily doable with anonymous sessions. Will note it down.
- vladimir 18y agoI agree that jQuery is a perfect tool for JavaScript programming. And I loved JavaScript after I learned this simple and powerful library.
- snewe 18y agoStories like this suggest that the probability of finding someone in India to do the coding of a complex web app will soon be under $1000.
- DTrejo 18y agoDurdn: just so you know, diffract.me has a typo: At present we are not ready for public consuption, early early pre-alpha