ZAzaphirplane·Jan 4, 2018
Good stuff, can you say how it is different or better than https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino-dev or https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app
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neutrino
Create and build modern JavaScript projects with zero initial configuration.
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What it is
Create and build modern JavaScript projects with zero initial configuration.
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Where it is used
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- react/create-react-app · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
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HN mentions by month4 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2017-02-21 00:36:38 UTC to 2018-01-04 12:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Feb 2017 | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mar 2017 | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2017 | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2017 | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2017 | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2017 | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2017 | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 2017 | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2017 | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2017 | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesI think an interesting reflection when considering the config setup difficulties of Webpack are the so-called 'zero-config' projects like;
https://github.com/insin/nwb
https://github.com/saguijs/sagui
https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino-dev
https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app
They help frame this domain's perspective on the timeless tension between usability and flexibility - ie am I prepared to sacrifice some configuration options in return for being able to get quickly setup?
Clearly the answer in a lot of cases is going to be 'no', but nevertheless seeing how difficult it can be to find that sweet spot between usability and flexibility might help one better appreciate the value returned by those difficulties.
Personally, I've found the commitment to stick to the conventions enforced by Create React App to hav
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e been largely beneficial (at least so far (in one project)). And I've been surprised how willing and able I am to creatively work within those limitations.
Neutrino, a project for building JavaScript applications, using a JavaScript project as its documentation? Scandalous! ;)
Anyway, we're using gitbook to render our documentation content:
https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook
The documentation also lives in the GitHub repository, albeit not as navigable as the website:
https://github.com/mozilla-neutrino/neutrino-dev/tree/master...
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