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How this is different from fabricjs or snapsvg?

Fiahil 11y ago
It seems to me, that people in the Javascript world, like to constantly create new alternatives (or very similar) to existing frameworks or projects. It's not 100% a bad thing though.
- acgourley 11y ago
  Part of the problem is that companies started using github profiles as resumes.
  - pavel_lishin 11y ago
    Where's the problem?
    - stevejohnson 11y ago
      People keep reimplementing the same thing to the same "80%" completion level so they look good to employers, but the software is abandoned quickly once it has served its purpose as a personal branding tool.
      - danneu 11y ago
        If your trade is building things and you have nothing to show for it, then it's probably a good idea to have at least one thing you can point to. But trying pin and dismiss the intention behind someone's open source project would be uncalled for, wouldn't it.
      - santoriv 11y ago
        Step 1: Someone invests a bunch of time making something new. Step 2: Someone posts it on Hacker News. Step 3: Project is immediately derided because other people have also been making new things.
        stevejohnson 11y ago
        Just to clarify, I was explaining acgourley's position. This particular project is high quality.
- thebouv 11y ago
  Evolution. Competition. Definitely a good thing. Though admittedly the pace at which this happens in the JS world can be exhausting.
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  - agumonkey 11y ago
    brownian.js
- akilism 11y ago
  I don't think this is something unique to the Javascript world people make sightly different eyeglasses, plates, houses, frameworks, libraries, programming languages, etc.
- jonobr1 11y ago
  This project started 3 years ago. It's not that fast :)
- eyko 11y ago
  Being able to control the evolution of your library is a big advantage (if you're invested in it).
- jonobr1 11y ago
  Some of my thinking behind rolling my own renderer: https://youtu.be/cOfEMWV_5Rc https://youtu.be/cOfEMWV_5Rc
  - crazypyro 11y ago
    I really enjoyed this talk. Thanks.
amirouche 11y ago
snapsvg is svg only
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smrtinsert 11y ago
I was about to say it abstracts over canvas and svg with a uniform api, but it looks like fabric might do something similar?

It seems to me, that people in the Javascript world, like to constantly create new alternatives (or very similar) to existing frameworks or projects. It's not 100% a bad thing though.

acgourley 11y ago
Part of the problem is that companies started using github profiles as resumes.
- pavel_lishin 11y ago
  Where's the problem?
  - stevejohnson 11y ago
    People keep reimplementing the same thing to the same "80%" completion level so they look good to employers, but the software is abandoned quickly once it has served its purpose as a personal branding tool.
    - danneu 11y ago
      If your trade is building things and you have nothing to show for it, then it's probably a good idea to have at least one thing you can point to. But trying pin and dismiss the intention behind someone's open source project would be uncalled for, wouldn't it.
    - santoriv 11y ago
      Step 1: Someone invests a bunch of time making something new. Step 2: Someone posts it on Hacker News. Step 3: Project is immediately derided because other people have also been making new things.
      - stevejohnson 11y ago
        Just to clarify, I was explaining acgourley's position. This particular project is high quality.
thebouv 11y ago
Evolution. Competition. Definitely a good thing. Though admittedly the pace at which this happens in the JS world can be exhausting.
- deleted 11y ago
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- agumonkey 11y ago
  brownian.js
akilism 11y ago
I don't think this is something unique to the Javascript world people make sightly different eyeglasses, plates, houses, frameworks, libraries, programming languages, etc.
jonobr1 11y ago
This project started 3 years ago. It's not that fast :)
eyko 11y ago
Being able to control the evolution of your library is a big advantage (if you're invested in it).
jonobr1 11y ago
Some of my thinking behind rolling my own renderer: https://youtu.be/cOfEMWV_5Rc https://youtu.be/cOfEMWV_5Rc
- crazypyro 11y ago
  I really enjoyed this talk. Thanks.

amirouche 11y ago

snapsvg is svg only

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smrtinsert 11y ago

I was about to say it abstracts over canvas and svg with a uniform api, but it looks like fabric might do something similar?