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Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#11

Post by deviavir » Sun, May 20, 2012, 2:05 PM UTC

sparknlaunch12 wrote: post #10

Really cool. What is the front and back end?

We kept a simple stack.

Frontend: HTML5 CSS3 Javascript (jQuery)

Backend: NodeJS CouchDB

Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#12

Post by deviavir » Sun, May 20, 2012, 2:09 PM UTC

binarydreams wrote: post #8

nice work, i can already guess that it is socket.io + node.js :D I like the UI, very well done.

Thank you :)! And indeed, socket.io + node.js

Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#13

Post by tferris » Sun, May 20, 2012, 2:26 PM UTC

deviavir wrote: post #11

sparknlaunch12 wrote: post #10

Really cool. What is the front and back end?

We kept a simple stack. Frontend: HTML5 CSS3 Javascript (jQuery) Backend: NodeJS CouchDB

Why Couch and not Mongo?

Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#14

Post by deviavir » Sun, May 20, 2012, 2:32 PM UTC

tferris wrote: post #13

deviavir wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We kept a simple stack. Frontend: HTML5 CSS3 Javascript (jQuery) Backend: NodeJS CouchDB

Why Couch and not Mongo?

Our developer understood the views on Couch and simply couldn't get Mongo's views working with nodeJS. It's a human preference and works out perfectly - so far.

Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#15

Post by dsrguru » Sun, May 20, 2012, 2:50 PM UTC

puppymaster wrote: post #9

seriously cool. looks like chat is the new 'to-do list' and I mean that in a good way. if anything it is more fun and interactive to build. i also did something similar except the chat room generation is automatic and based on your location. Basically http://getyoucoffee.com/ will decide which chat room you are assigned to based on your location. it's pretty huge in cities with subways.

Imagine how useful a location-based video chat site would be for online speed dating.

Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#16

Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 20, 2012, 2:56 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#17

Post by deviavir » Sun, May 20, 2012, 2:59 PM UTC

sim0n wrote: post #5

I also built http://prompt.im ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2457111 ) around 1 year ago which is pretty similar (doesn't really work anymore). Good luck with it.

This opens the authentication discussion. To require authentication or to not require authentication.

The UI looks beautiful though, any plans with it :)?

Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#18

Post by tferris » Sun, May 20, 2012, 3:03 PM UTC

I like the UI.

Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#19

Post by deviavir » Sun, May 20, 2012, 3:04 PM UTC

tferris wrote: post #18

I like the UI.

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats

#20

Post by why-el » Sun, May 20, 2012, 4:07 PM UTC

deviavir wrote: post #14

tferris wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why Couch and not Mongo?

Our developer understood the views on Couch and simply couldn't get Mongo's views working with nodeJS. It's a human preference and works out perfectly - so far.

Hey are you guys planning on doing a blog entry on how you developed this? I know next to nothing about Node.js and co and it seems like a good choice for a lot of my ideas.