[HN Gopher] Show HN: Yet Another Node.js Framework
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Show HN: Yet Another Node.js Framework
About a year ago, I stumbled upon a new Nodejs language called
"Imba", I found this language to be interesting and it seemed like
it had a lot of potential. Doing a bit of digging, I realized no
one had created a framework for it, so what did a normal dev do?
Well, a normal dev went ahead and created another Nodejs Framework,
only this time it was meant for Imba. So what did I create? I
created a batteries included Framework heavily inspired by Laravel
but it runs on Nodejs, and uses Imba as the default language, but
you can actually use TypeScript or JavaScript. In fact, when
creating a new project using the Framework, you will be asked if
you want to use "Imba" or "TypeScript". You can scaffold an Imba
SPA or MPA, you can even use React or Vue, it all depends on what
you are used to. For more information, you can visit
https://formidablejs.org Keen to hear your thoughts
Author : donaldpakkies
Score : 54 points
Date : 2022-11-27 14:27 UTC (8 hours ago)
| KaoruAoiShiho wrote:
| I would like to be sold on imba first.
| abdellah123 wrote:
| Imba is a programming language that feels like ruby.
|
| It has first class support for "the web" which means tags and
| components are first class citizen and you don't need something
| like React or Vue.
|
| Imba compared to React has no vdom and no reactivity (it just
| rerenders on each change ) , has built in CSS that is like but
| actually more powerful than tailwindcss
|
| It's truly a marvel!
| eurasiantiger wrote:
| > just rerenders on each change
|
| It is known from experience that this approach does not scale
| beyond toy examples and very simple websites. UX will begin
| to suffer from render lag somewhere around the UI complexity
| of an average webstore.
| laserpistus wrote:
| We use it for both backend and frontend of our site
| scrimba.com including the custom video format that renders
| each frame as dom. I think we have a non-toy amount of
| users. Example of a video:
| https://scrimba.com/scrim/czvKPPsw
|
| And we are hiring if you want to work with the imba
| language:)
| andrew_ wrote:
| > a programming language that feels like ruby
|
| CoffeeScript. Everything old is new again.
| notsahil wrote:
| Now waiting for fireship to make a video on it XD
| brap wrote:
| FYI, Formidable is a very popular npm package for forms:
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/formidable
| stereocodes wrote:
| exactly my thought. "isnt this already a thing?", oh yes its a
| very famous npm package for forms.
| froggychairs wrote:
| Very awesome to learn about a new language in the Node.js
| ecosystem
|
| Some feedback:
|
| - I don't know what Imba is, and likely a lot of other devs don't
| either. Your front page should sell me on both Imba and your
| framework
|
| - When I'm personally considering a new framework. I love example
| projects so I can see how common usecases might look in code.
| Consider having a few example projects easily discoverable from
| the home page for folks to sift through
|
| Good luck!
| klohto wrote:
| Cool! Actually, cool is an understatement, but I'm too foreign to
| Imba to provide feedback on that front. Pretty sure there is
| enough to spark a discussion, but few bullet points:
|
| * Imba focused, yet you're greeted by TS example and the Imba
| demo is too dense to parse quickly
|
| * Not enough short info and too much text to spark my interest
| for reading
|
| * I still want to read something, so I head to GH repo (I have to
| search for actual core repo, plus I'm greeted by wall of text
| again) and when I found it, the README is bare :(
|
| https://github.com/oven-sh/bun and bun.sh are pleasant reads for
| me. All of this is subjective and might turn be a turn-off for
| hardcore folks, but that's not really the target audience for
| Imba anyway :)
|
| And don't fear the direct URL!
| thr0wawayf00 wrote:
| This is cool, it's always nice to see inertia.js being used.
| Garlef wrote:
| What's the difference between Imba and JS/TS? Is it anything
| other than alternative sytax for JS?
|
| The webpage is not very conclusive on this.
| activitypea wrote:
| export class TaskController extends Controller {
| @use(StoreTaskRequest) store(request:
| StoreTaskRequest): void { const description:
| string = request.get('description') }
|
| I've done enough Spring Boot to know I never want to do Spring
| Boot in my life again.
| simlevesque wrote:
| Yeah, decorators were a mistake. I don't want any in my code or
| my dependencies.
| popotamonga wrote:
| Why does it need the use if its already a parameter?
| eurasiantiger wrote:
| It's a dependency injection pattern. The decorator is
| telling some other piece of code what to pass in to that
| method, or to set some hidden context.
|
| I'd check the docs for what it specifically does, but the
| site is completely unusable on iOS.
| _madmax_ wrote:
| I share the hate.
| racked wrote:
| Help me out here, what does that bit of JS have to do with
| Spring Boot?
| dextreem wrote:
| Probably that @use thing?
| dmalvarado wrote:
| Magic decorators is the trigger, I think.
| gen_greyface wrote:
| https://scrimba.com/scrim/czvKPPsw
|
| Imba was used to build Scrimba, the interactive platform to learn
| coding(mostly web related courses.)
|
| It's pretty cool. I tried it out in its nascent stages.
| p2hari wrote:
| I think one of the reasons for imba not having a framework is, it
| itself is a framework. It has router support, server side
| rendering strategy and also comes with its own css support.
| However, I understand here it is using imba language to create a
| framework which can use other libraries like React and Vue.
| kiawe_fire wrote:
| I'm definitely going to try this out on a personal project soon.
|
| I had forgotten about Imba. I recall trying it a few years ago,
| and I loved it, with the exception that it wasn't capable of
| doing something that I considered rather crucial at the time.
|
| I can't for the life of me remember what it was, and I know there
| was an issue filed asking for exactly what I wanted, with
| positive intent to add the feature, but as time went on I kind of
| dropped and forgot about Imba.
|
| I'm curious to try something in it and see how I fare with
| however far it's progressed since then. And I will definitely
| check this framework out when I do.
| remram wrote:
| A web framework. You mean a web framework for the NodeJS
| environment.
|
| You can use JavaScript and node for many things that have little
| to do with serving web pages, and I was really expecting
| something different or lower-level since you didn't mention
| "web".
| tiagorangel wrote:
| That's cool!
| koch wrote:
| Looks neat!
|
| Something for next time, you might get faster/more visibility if
| you put the url in the link field. I had to scour for it in the
| description (not really, but you know)
|
| https://formidablejs.org
| newbieuser wrote:
| sidebar is blank on mobile
| [deleted]
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