[HN Gopher] Nova - Erlang Web Framework
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Nova - Erlang Web Framework
Author : taure
Score : 107 points
Date : 2022-01-28 07:13 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (novaframework.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (novaframework.org)
| mst wrote:
| This might be great but the moving stars in the background meant
| I had to close the tab before I could find out.
|
| I'm sure the developers just thought it was pretty but _argh_.
|
| (note that I am judging myself for posting a comment complaining
| about a site design rather than anything meaningful but my visual
| processing is still screwed up several minutes later and I dearly
| hope somebody who reads this will avoid making the same mistake
| later as a result because -ow-)
| taure wrote:
| Yes, I agree the page is less then good. We hope to get a new
| version out soon.
|
| Great to see all feedback and we will update the page.
| ljm wrote:
| A good use for the prefers-reduced-motion media query in CSS.
| breakfastduck wrote:
| I'm astonished that a few moving dots could impair anyones
| vision.
|
| I take it you totally avoid video games and film/tv? Because
| they are much more intense.
| olah_1 wrote:
| every single post on hacker news has at least one comment
| that completely ignores website content and critiques css /
| web framework. it's just a given.
| nozzlegear wrote:
| I thought the same thing, it made me feel a tiny bit dizzy.
| syspec wrote:
| It could work if it was only on scroll,
| m8s wrote:
| This is purely conjecture on my part, but a beginner-friendly web
| framework was a barrier for adoption for Erlang, and I'm really
| excited to see Nova continue to grow.
|
| If the moving background of the Nova website is so distracting
| that you can't bare to explore the rest of the framework, here
| are some other links to explore:
|
| - HexDocs: https://hexdocs.pm/nova/quick-start.html
|
| - Github: https://github.com/novaframework/nova
|
| - Erlang Forums: https://erlangforums.com/c/erlang-
| frameworks/nova-forum/65
|
| - Erlang Slack: https://erlef.org/slack-invite/erlanger
|
| Long story short, get involved with Erlang (and Elixir)! They're
| both awesome, can't recommend them enough.
| taure wrote:
| Thank you. If you have any questions it is only to reach out
| and we try to help as much as possible.
| crypt0x wrote:
| As someone following beam stuff from a distance: why would I pick
| this over elixir/Phoenix?
| devoutsalsa wrote:
| Presumably because you like Erlang.
| m8s wrote:
| Being blunt, if you're new to Beam, I'd probably choose Elixir
| and Phoenix. But Elixir isn't for everyone, and if you prefer
| Erlang's syntax or are interested in contributing to some of
| the projects written specifically in Erlang, then that's what
| you should pick.
|
| Both are great, but I think Elixir is more beginner-friendly.
| Through the course of learning one though, you'll inevitably
| see some of the other, which is pretty cool. :)
| taure wrote:
| I would say run with Nova if you want to code Erlang. If you
| want to code Elixir choose Phoenix. In the end both are based
| on Cowboy.
|
| We started to create Nova from the lack of frameworks on the
| Erlang side. We wanted a fast way to start new web application
| and start writing on your app instead of spending time on
| setup.
|
| Elixir have always had good tooling and framework from the
| start.
| vilkkala wrote:
| One consulting company website is just a logo, another doesn't
| exist.
| RileyJames wrote:
| Website looks good on iOS. Didn't notice the background.
|
| I like the GitHub samples/demo repos.
|
| Very cool, will consider this for the next api project. Heard
| only good things about erlang/elixir ecosystem and keen to dive
| in.
| uo21tp5hoyg wrote:
| Not a great front page for a framework:
|
| - Website is plain HTTP, HTTPS doesn't seem to be supported. (or
| is just taking a while to load?)
|
| - Middle mouse / trackpad scrolling is slowed due to the
| background animation.
|
| - Reloading the page for some reason loads me 1/3 down the page?
|
| - Button CSS (top right) is misaligned and jumps all over when
| hovering over.
|
| - Large white boxes with minimal padding makes everything look
| empty.
|
| - High CPU usage doing nothing (400% usage, I assume again due to
| the background animation)
|
| - It tries to load assets that don't exist. (stars.svg)
|
| - No on-page examples, probably not that important though.
|
| It's possible this framework is still great but I don't think it
| will gain any traction if the first introduction to it is this
| poor.
| throwamon wrote:
| > Reloading the page for some reason loads me 1/3 down the
| page?
|
| For some reason (probably related to the animation?) the page
| starts with a huge margin at the bottom which then slowly gets
| smaller and smaller.
| michaelcampbell wrote:
| No lag for me in scrolling <shrug>
| taspeotis wrote:
| RE: No HTTPS
|
| Reminds me of the Elixir installer for Windows.
|
| https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir-windows-setup/blob/a63...
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