VIvixalien·Feb 20, 2021
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explosiv
JSX-powered static site generator for Node.js
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2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
55GitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
JSX-powered static site generator for Node.js
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Where it is used
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What people are saying
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Observed mentions: 2021-02-11 06:46:06 UTC to 2021-02-20 23:45:36 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Feb 11 | 2021-02-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-12 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 12 | 2021-02-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 13 | 2021-02-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 14 | 2021-02-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 15 | 2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 16 | 2021-02-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 17 | 2021-02-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 18 | 2021-02-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 19 | 2021-02-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 20 | 2021-02-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-21 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesFrom what I've read so far, it sounds a practical, light-weight, and I like various aspects of it (React-less, Next.js-like, with conveniences/shortcuts).
Here are some related links for others..
Article by the author, on how it works: https://vixalien.ga/post/explosiv
NPM module: https://www.npmjs.com/package/explosiv
GitHub repo: https://github.com/vixalien/explosiv
Dhow, from which Explosiv is forked: https://github.com/kartiknair/dhow
Notes on comparison with Dhow and React: https://github.com/vixalien/explosiv/blob/master/NOTES.md
In Explosiv, a JSX static site generator (not React, just JSX)