Show HN: PrograMaker – Visual Programming Platform

Thanks! Certainly this shares space with n8n.io .

The reason for writing a new editor is to extend the things that can be build with the Scratch/Blockly one, like frontend interfaces or, in the future, streaming flows. There were also some recurring problems people found when building with Scratch that we can solve by having total control over the editor, like reacting to type mismatches. (Note, though, that Scratch also supports type checking)

I'm really interested on other viewpoints on visual programming, so for sure I'll send that email.

Well done! How does this relate to Node-Red?

Thanks!

We draw a lot of inspiration from Node-RED, especially for builing our own flow-based editor.

We take the same idea and try to make the first steps simpler by providing a cloud service and pre-installed connections to third party services. Also, having a collaborative editor should help when less tech-oriented people need some help to understand why some automations don't work as they expect.

There are more differences: we are working on further integrating the UI builder with the rest of the automation editor. On the other hand we don't yet support building API's directly on our flows or adding code blocks, but we are also working on that.

So, in summary, the main point is to have an easier onboarding and avoid needing to install servers and plugins from the start.

I missed the collaborative editor part. I think that is really great for teaching and for learning group collaboration.