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No, it means built with a modern stack (MEAN instead of LAMP). It means WebRTC videocalls, integrated chat, real-time events (notifications, messages, etc...),
by joeyspn 12y ago
No, it means built with a modern stack (MEAN instead of LAMP). It means WebRTC videocalls, integrated chat, real-time events (notifications, messages, etc...), github integration, optional redis back-end, karma and rep system, a growing plugin ecosystem, etc... and all FOSS.
I've been following these guys since the start and I think they have done a pretty good and refreshing job. They share some features with discourse and vanilla forums because they are the 3 competitors fighting for the modern BB software cup...
BB has been quite stagnated for decades, it is actually nice to see some "innovation" from all these projects.
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- joeyspn 12y agoThe UX can be easily customised (check www.convoe.com) since it is "themable" soft, and the real-time features have a clear use case... or at least it fits perfectly one of my last projects where while researching for boilerplate code I find out about NodeBB
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- collyw 12y agoAs I suspected. Node / JS / Angular / NoSQL, hispter faddy stuff = cool and modern. Solid mature, tested stuff like LAMP = old fashion, screw that. (You are aware that all LAMP stuff is also FOSS)
- joeyspn 12y agoNo collyw, vBulletin (the reference forum soft) is not FOSS, and it is quite expensive. PHPBB is OS, but like all the BB soft, has been stagnated for a decade [0], in fact the NodeBB devs were PHPBB devs before... We really need to explore new ways of interaction, and blending old fashioned boards with the new "real-time web" is a nice start. There's nothing bad in trying new things. Discourse, with rails, is another good take... PS: I use a lot of LNMP for 70% of my freelancing projects, but for a forum that needs real-time capabilities Node is a convenient option. [0] http://www.wired.com/2013/02/discourse/ http://www.wired.com/2013/02/discourse/
- collyw 12y agoWe were comparing MEAN to LAMP, both of which are FOSS.
- adamors 12y ago> No, it means built with a modern stack (MEAN instead of LAMP). It means real-time events (notifications, messages, etc...), github integration, optional redis back-end, karma and rep system. I hope this comment gets picked up by @shit_hn_says.
- joeyspn 12y agoCare to explain why you deleted the WebRTC and integrated chat part?
- romanovcode 12y agoProbably because those things actually made sense.
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