I was just searching for a tool exactly like this a few days ago. Looks really great!
Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API
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Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API
#32I was just searching for a tool exactly like this a few days ago. Looks really great!
Great! Please share your feedback once you've tried it!
Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API
#33Is this a bit like Jhipster but then for JS/Node instead of Java/Spring Boot?
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#34I had began creating my own sort of thing on top of Hasura which I prefer but this is pretty cool. I'm not at all too big on TS (which is sacrelige apparently) but I'll check this out.
> I'm not at all too big on TS (which is sacrelige apparently)
All of JS with an :any appended to it ;)
Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API
#35How does this compare to https://redwoodjs.com/ ?
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#36Looks interesting.
I've used similar setup but with Hasura. My current project needs to interface with a 3rd party REST API on top of Postgres. I was able to replaced many of the CRUD REST API with Postgraphile. To bring it all under one GraphQL endpoint I used Apollo Federation. When I have time I'll have to see how Amplication federate the various data sources.
Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API
#37This looks very neat. Why do you require a GitHub account to test it? --- Edit: and after I logged in with my GitHub credetials, I was directed to https://app.amplication.com/github/callback?code=968 [...] which just showed me a 500 error. Hug of Death?
Sorry to hear that. We will make sure to check the logs. As for the login, we ask for a GitHub sign since we thought it would be most convenient and cost affective at this stage since all users are developers. Also, we use it to send the generated code to your GitHub repo.
Can you just make some page that doesn't save anything so we can see what you mean by "visual"? Or embed a youtube preview?
Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API
#38The demo video is really great - I would make it more prominent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKGeLXoPr94&feature=youtu.be
Really comprehensive product!
Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API
#39Built on top of immature overhyped tech (nestjs, prisma, etc...) with lots of issues. Something very common in the JS/NPM that always gives you headaches down the road. There's an arms race to sell hosting through immature buggy magical frameworks in the JS world, so this is to be expected. I'll take the one/two days to set up node, express, postgres with libs for now. What takes up the majority of the time is domain…
I've been developing web apps in Node for a couple years and I'm done with it - I'm all in on Django + DRF now. I only made the switch a couple months ago and it's amazing how cozy I am with it: everything feels mature, stable and reliable. I reach out for 3rd party packages as needed but it doesn't feel like I'm gluing a Frankenstein together, or that I'm rolling out a bunch of code I don't want to own, or that I'm…
I've never been unhappy in any web framework in any language except for Plone. The NodeJS ecosystem is not without its problems, but you can absolutely write great software in it.
Comparing Django to NodeJS itself is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison though. Even something like Express or Koa will come without an ORM. Django will certainly hold your hand a lot more through the process.
It seems like the biggest issue with the NodeJS ecosystem is that everyone wants to roll their own thing, rather than using the renowned incumbent which works perfectly well. In some ways, this is actually an indication of how deceptively easy it is to work with NodeJS — people really believe they can replace something that has hundreds of years of man hours behind it in a month.
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#40Playing around in app.amplication.com I'm seeing a lot of similarities to supabase. Happy to see more competition in this space.
My initial impression is I'm a bit confused as to whether the goal is a hosted service similar to supabase, firebase, etc, or an offline tool that generates the app then it's up to you to go host it somewhere.