I'm building something in Polymer. I'm a little worried though. It doesn't appear that cross browser comparability is considered a show-stopper by the Polymer team. Things work great in Chrome but they just don't have the same fit and finish in other browsers. In mobile safari things jiggle, redraw, jump around, and sometimes ignore touch input.
Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
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Re: Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
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I think you're missing the point. Of course there's nothing this site can't do without JS. It's a side project to learn a new framework.
I might be. I just do not understand why one should use more complex and less accessible web technologies if it does not lead to new functionality. When I learn a new framework, it usually is so I can do things that I could not do without.
"To learn" and "for fun" are perfectly sufficient explanations, even if you don't understand them.
Re: Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you're missing the point. Of course there's nothing this site can't do without JS. It's a side project to learn a new framework.
I might be. I just do not understand why one should use more complex and less accessible web technologies if it does not lead to new functionality. When I learn a new framework, it usually is so I can do things that I could not do without.
It is a website for his own wedding offering a chance to learn something. I don't understand why there is a need to be pedantic about things like the JavaScript only in this context. It is a reoccurring thing on HN and it doesn't invite us to have a good discussion about the dependency to JS. There is also no need to compare it to yourself. It just comes off very self centered. I understand that in many cases you might not need a certain technology but if there is a fun opportunity to learn a certain thing and using it has little to no harm, why not?
Re: Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I might be. I just do not understand why one should use more complex and less accessible web technologies if it does not lead to new functionality. When I learn a new framework, it usually is so I can do things that I could not do without.
"To learn" and "for fun" are perfectly sufficient explanations, even if you don't understand them.
But his point is that the site isn't doing anything that couldn't be achieved without js.
This would be like if a mechanic said he was going to replace your wheels with wooden ones he made himself because he wants to learn how to be a carpenter.
Re: Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
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Hahaha you are right, I'll have to fix that when I get home. Or maybe I'll tell Maggie to submit a pull request
Pull Request merged- thanks! Unfortunately it wasn't before Maggie's Mom caught wind of my misspelling: https://github.com/caleblloyd/polymer-wedding/pull/1
Haha. I wish HN was more frivolous at times, so we could use threads like this one for some good laughs on how your mother-in-law has already got you squared out.
Congrats btw!
I did my wedding website using wix because she wanted to build it (I did the sysadmin parts of it)
Re: Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
#56Polymer is greatly undervalued. I takes a bit of time to get into it but once you understand all the quirks, it's smooth sailing.
I really like the simplicity of it.
React is good too, but you need the right framework on top of it (or else it can be a bit tricky to setup properly).
Re: Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
#57Polymer is greatly undervalued. I takes a bit of time to get into it but once you understand all the quirks, it's smooth sailing. I really like the simplicity of it. React is good too, but you need the right framework on top of it (or else it can be a bit tricky to setup properly).
I can recommend Polymer.dart, static typing + webcomponent encapsulation + polymer elements gives really good framework for webapps. It's still not in 1.0 but it's quite stable now.
Re: Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
#58Cool and thanks for sharing. Not as a criticism to you specifically, but a worry I have about technology like Polymer in general: I opened your site and was staring at an empty grey screen for a good 5 seconds.
Maybe your server is busy because of all the HN attention, but I am worried about the future of the web when these kinds of things are becoming normal and acceptable.
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#59And Polymer is WHAT?
Re: Show HN: I built my wedding website using Polymer
#60Cool and thanks for sharing. Not as a criticism to you specifically, but a worry I have about technology like Polymer in general: I opened your site and was staring at an empty grey screen for a good 5 seconds. Maybe your server is busy because of all the HN attention, but I am worried about the future of the web when these kinds of things are becoming normal and acceptable.
On what is normally a pretty good connection this took me 14 seconds to load fully. I think the HN attention is increasing.