MOmodarts·Oct 4, 2017
In Structor – React UI Builderipselon
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18 sourcesFor those wondering how it works/looks, the README has a fair number of screenshots: https://github.com/ipselon/structor/blob/master/docs/README....
In Structor – React UI BuilderVanillaJS, jQuery, and Ember will be very far from VB in terms of simplicity. There really is nothing quite like VB for web development right now. It's strange/interesting that such a thing hasn't been created yet (or hasn't gained any traction).
I think React comes close in the sense that the code you write to create the components can map very closely to divs on an HTML page. There's no visual drag/drop editor or anything, but with Create React App, you can make changes to the code and see the browser refresh every time you save.
Have a look at the official React tutorial too: https://facebook.github.io/react/tutorial/tutorial.html
EDIT: now that I've bothered to Google it, here's at least one project that looks like a VB-style builder using React: https://github.com/ipselon/structor
In React Armory – The simplest way to learn ReactShow HN: Structor's User Guide (React UI Builder)
3 points · Open discussionApply HN: Baasil.io – Open Source as a Service
Baasil.io (https://baasil.io) is currently just a pub/sub service but we are working to turn it into a full-blown Backend as a Service.
Our broader mission is to help make open source projects available 'as a service' and we want open source founders and maintainers to benefit!
Baasil.io itself will be similar to Firebase except you can swap out the database layer (you can self host your database or use a third-party db as a service).
It will be fully database agnostic.
Our founders are long-time open source contributors and creators of https://github.com/socketcluster/socketcluster and https://github.com/mattkrick/meatier
We are part of a broader loosely-coupled collaborative of 10+ popular open source founders who are working to create a new generation of tools and compatible services for building
and running the next generation of web
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applications.
Our open source collab runs open source projects with an aggregate of 10K+ GitHub stars affecting all levels of the application stack ranging from Graph databases, deployment utilities, realtime data transport layer, frameworks and even react-based drag-and-drop UI builders.
We want to turn open source repos into compatible services (both compatible with the self-hosted open source versions and with other services).
Some projects maintained by our broader collaborative:
http://socketcluster.io, https://github.com/mattkrick/meatier, http://dgraph.io/, https://github.com/ipselon/structor, http://www.azk.io/
We are always looking for new trending indie open source founders to join our collab and work with us.
You aware of Webstorm/IntelliJ's support for React? Maybe I am missing something.
I'm still eagerly awaiting WYSIWYG/GUI tooling similar to MS Webforms or Structor. ( https://github.com/ipselon/structor )
In React Native for Visual Studio CodeWe are crafting a system which will help to overcome the difficulties which Java developers have when they try to make a modern front-end utilising great frameworks and technologies from JavaScript world.
The first step is done, we made a visual development tool Structor (https://github.com/ipselon/structor) for React UI.
The next step will be a bunch of source code generators, which will produce React components along with Ajax methods for REST endpoints.
Shortly, Structor will generate all source code for UI components along with the glue code for connection to the back end.
In addition there will be starter-kits which include different combinations of Spring Boot application, set of ReactUI components, and etc.
We are on the early stage, but I think this will greatly simplify the development of the front-end for the enterprise.
What do
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Ask HN: React JS instead of GWT in Java application?
We are crafting a system which will help to overcome the difficulties which Java developers have when they try to make a modern front-end utilising great frameworks and technologies from JavaScript world.
The first step is done, we made a visual development tool Structor (https://github.com/ipselon/structor) for React UI.
The next step will be a bunch of source code generators, which will produce React components along with Ajax methods for REST endpoints. Shortly, Structor will generate all source code for UI components along with the glue code for connection to the back end.
In addition there will be starter-kits which include different combinations of Spring Boot application, set of ReactUI components, and etc.
We are on the early stage, but I think this will greatly simplify the development of the front-end for the enterprise.
What do
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you think about such approach?
Show HN: A Tutorial for Real Web App with ReactJS UI. (UI Builder Used)
2 points · Open discussionAsk HN: How to visually compose ReactJS UI components and glue them together?
1 points · Open discussionStructor – a user interface builder for React
123 points · Open discussionCut Web app development speed by 50% using complex source code generators
Imagine you should start a greenfield project for a Web app with modern UI (for example, a new micro service, which will have a Web app for the administration purpose).
And imagine, you have a starter-kit with a bunch of ready to use React UI components along with infrastructure for a Web app (for example, react-redux-starter-kit, but with React Bootstrap and React Widgets libs inside).
In addition, you have a tool, which allows visually combine any type of components on the Web page. Moreover, this tool has an ability to generate a scaffolded source code for UI components connected to any kind of frameworks like Redux, Relay, etc. (with actions, reducers, routes, so on…).
The tool automatically compiles all new source code and reuses all generated components on the page.
Of cause, you are not limited in editing the source code of the pro
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ject in your favourite IDE, because compiler and hot-loader will patch pages with your changes in tool's workspace.
Would you like to use such a tool in your project?
And if yes, what type of the scaffolds for the source code you would like to use?
a) Infrastructure generators:
- Generate REST service with Swagger docs by entered Swagger configuration format.
- Generate GraphQL server by entered data structure in GraphQL schema format.
b) Component generators:
- Generate Redux wrapped components connected to existing REST API.
- Generate Relay wrapper components connected to existing GraphQL server.
BTW, such a tool is already existing: https://github.com/ipselon/structor
Show HN: Structor – a user interface builder for React
7 points · Open discussionShow HN: Structor Is the Swiss Army Knife in UI-Development
Are you thinking about changing the old-school looking interface of your web-application into the modern one? Do you want to make it fast, convenient and just exciting?
Structor is new Open Source project (https://github.com/ipselon/structor), which were developed especially to overcome such challenges.
Structor is the Swiss Army knife in UI-development.
Structor it’s not just a next visual UI-builder. Structor is an effective and valuable tool for a whole development life-cycle from interface design through prototyping to implementation.
If any existing Open Source boilerplate doesn’t satisfy you needs - we are ready to provide you help. We can develop any dedicated component with a custom logic or an especially customized set of the related components ideally fitting your business needs.
http://helmetrex.com
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