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Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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I hate to sound negative, but what does it offer over yeoman and the individual generators out there? If I use a Mega Boilerplate setup, I lose scaffolding post-setup stage, so what do I gain?

It's more intuitive for beginners and if more stacks(Django/Laravel etc) are added, this would be a good way to select stacks and generate boilerplate.

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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At least the AngularJS + NodeJS boilerplate isn't using the latest suggested style guidelines and folder structure. But great first start!

Last time I have used AngularJS was in 2014, so that's why the project structure looks a bit dated. I am open to suggestions on how to improve it, or even simplify it further.

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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I hate to sound negative, but what does it offer over yeoman and the individual generators out there? If I use a Mega Boilerplate setup, I lose scaffolding post-setup stage, so what do I gain?

I agree that it serves almost the same purpose, but for a beginner, seeing all the layers, what they do, and choosing them piecemeal is a great way to learn quickly before graduating to the yeoman ecosystem.

Yep - I get confused between Grunt, Gulp, Yeoman, Bower, Node, React, Angular, jQuery, TypeScript. How do these things fit together? Why would I choose one over another?

As a predominantly backend developer, If I just want to have a 2016-style workflow for the frontend part of my site, it's really hard!

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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The layout is broken when viewed on mobile (iPhone 6). While this might seem like a minor nitpick, first impressions count.

A. I am fairly certain you are being downvoted not for your overall comment but for the last sentence, which is irrelevant and needlessly judgmental.

B. "iPhone 6" says nothing about what browser or iOS version you are using.

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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post #8

I hate to sound negative, but what does it offer over yeoman and the individual generators out there? If I use a Mega Boilerplate setup, I lose scaffolding post-setup stage, so what do I gain?

I agree that it serves almost the same purpose, but for a beginner, seeing all the layers, what they do, and choosing them piecemeal is a great way to learn quickly before graduating to the yeoman ecosystem.

I used React Starter Kit for a project and greatly regretted it. In the end I would have been better off taking the time to learn how the parts fit together myself.

With the boilerplate I was locked into the questionable decisions and brittle implementation of the original author. Changing anything usually broke my app and because I had taken the starter kit shortcut I didn't have the understanding of how to fix it.

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree that it serves almost the same purpose, but for a beginner, seeing all the layers, what they do, and choosing them piecemeal is a great way to learn quickly before graduating to the yeoman ecosystem.

I used React Starter Kit for a project and greatly regretted it. In the end I would have been better off taking the time to learn how the parts fit together myself. With the boilerplate I was locked into the questionable decisions and brittle implementation of the original author. Changing anything usually broke my app and because I had taken the starter kit shortcut I didn't have the understanding of how to fix it.

I think of the download button as optional.

What I like about the site is the visualization.

So, for instance, you know that Express is an alternative to Meteor, not a complement. And that Jade/Handlebars work with Express and are alternatives to each other.

Just having that for all the combination of names is valuable.

Basically, it helps you understand the taxonomy.

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