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Famo.us So Far: Field Guide for April 2014

9 points by AdrianRossouw 12y ago

AdrianRossouw 12y ago
Let's clear up some misconceptions quickly: 1. I think they botched their 'launch', badly. 2. It is completely open source: repo[1] , examples[2] , docs[3] 3. It's not magic either: this is why it's fast[4] 4. What is in the beta is access to the demos and tutorials, which take the form of something like codecademy. A picture says a thousand words, so let's try this. screenshot from positioning page of interactive tutorial[5] . --- [1] https://github.com/Famous https://github.com/Famous [2] https://github.com/Famous/examples/tree/master/src/examples https://github.com/Famous/examples/tree/master/src/examples [3] http://famo.us/guides/ http://famo.us/guides/ [4] http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/speed/high-performance-animations/ http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/speed/high-performanc... [5] http://i.imgur.com/08gn1sf.png http://i.imgur.com/08gn1sf.png --- It gives you the absolutely pain free way to center any surface (which is just a DOM element) both vertically and horizontally. { origin: [0, 0] } // left top corner { origin: [1, 1] } // bottom right corner { origin: [0.5, 0.5] } // dead center // and THEN.... { size: [500, undefined] } // full height column sidebar { size: [undefined, 100] } // full width footer { size: [undefined, undefined] } // full screen surface I think this is a breath of fresh air, and I'm going to build more stuff with it (or something that is like it), because I really think it makes the code much much easier to reason about. This is how you make responsive layouts in it[6]. If size > width. so much simpler than media queries and css overrides and what not. --- [6] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23140046/what-is-the-best-pattern-for-responsive-apps-in-famo-us http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23140046/what-is-the-best... --- What they have done is package known good techniques in a way that I would actually consider using them in real projects with mid level developers who might not otherwise understand the nuances of linear algebra. I sure as hell don't, but this makes it accessible. I am honestly not affiliated. I knew it existed, but I recently discovered a good reason to play with it, so i figured it out from the examples and the docs. While compiling this, I was unable to find any dissenting opinions from anyone who actually had tried it, because of how the launch went down. I think more people should try it before they reject it. Just play with it. Please.
- dmvaldman 12y ago
  :-) We'll be around for a while. Launches are hard, but well-crafted technology is a long play. I'm glad you've been experimenting and seeing past the good/bad hype. We'll always be striving to make our platform better, I hope all of our users feel comfortable expressing their opinions and directly contributing to the project via GitHub. Famo.us is more yours than it is ours now.

9 points by AdrianRossouw 12y ago

Let's clear up some misconceptions quickly: 1. I think they botched their 'launch', badly. 2. It is completely open source: repo[1] , examples[2] , docs[3] 3. It's not magic either: this is why it's fast[4] 4. What is in the beta is access to the demos and tutorials, which take the form of something like codecademy. A picture says a thousand words, so let's try this. screenshot from positioning page of interactive tutorial[5] . --- [1] https://github.com/Famous https://github.com/Famous [2] https://github.com/Famous/examples/tree/master/src/examples https://github.com/Famous/examples/tree/master/src/examples [3] http://famo.us/guides/ http://famo.us/guides/ [4] http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/speed/high-performance-animations/ http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/speed/high-performanc... [5] http://i.imgur.com/08gn1sf.png http://i.imgur.com/08gn1sf.png --- It gives you the absolutely pain free way to center any surface (which is just a DOM element) both vertically and horizontally. { origin: [0, 0] } // left top corner { origin: [1, 1] } // bottom right corner { origin: [0.5, 0.5] } // dead center // and THEN.... { size: [500, undefined] } // full height column sidebar { size: [undefined, 100] } // full width footer { size: [undefined, undefined] } // full screen surface I think this is a breath of fresh air, and I'm going to build more stuff with it (or something that is like it), because I really think it makes the code much much easier to reason about. This is how you make responsive layouts in it[6]. If size > width. so much simpler than media queries and css overrides and what not. --- [6] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23140046/what-is-the-best-pattern-for-responsive-apps-in-famo-us http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23140046/what-is-the-best... --- What they have done is package known good techniques in a way that I would actually consider using them in real projects with mid level developers who might not otherwise understand the nuances of linear algebra. I sure as hell don't, but this makes it accessible. I am honestly not affiliated. I knew it existed, but I recently discovered a good reason to play with it, so i figured it out from the examples and the docs. While compiling this, I was unable to find any dissenting opinions from anyone who actually had tried it, because of how the launch went down. I think more people should try it before they reject it. Just play with it. Please.

dmvaldman 12y ago
:-) We'll be around for a while. Launches are hard, but well-crafted technology is a long play. I'm glad you've been experimenting and seeing past the good/bad hype. We'll always be striving to make our platform better, I hope all of our users feel comfortable expressing their opinions and directly contributing to the project via GitHub. Famo.us is more yours than it is ours now.