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Re: Ask HN: Where to find co-developers for side projects?

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Post by eeZah7Ux »

vinceguidry wrote: post #32
pythonaut_16 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One bit of advice, don't go for React/Angular/front-end unless you actually need to or you actually want to. Whatever web framework you're using (probably some variation of Spring if you're using Java) should have built in templating which should be more than sufficient to build an MVP/Proof of concept imageboard. I doubt 4chan is running any kind of SPA either. Then if your project is successful or you want to stick…

This, 100%. Fancy Javascript frameworks are super-complicated, and are easy to misuse. Unless you spend the time learning the principles, all you're doing is needlessly introducing abstractions.

...and unnecessary for 95% of webapps. Most of the time user have to click few buttons and refresh few divs and nothing more.

Re: Ask HN: Where to find co-developers for side projects?

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Post by sh87 »

mythrwy wrote: post #36
imdsm wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was going to raise this point. Is it about building a webpage or about what the webpage will do? If OP doesn't want to learn how to make a webpage, perhaps OP shouldn't make a webpage.

I want to learn how to get others to make me a webpage! A forward thinking individual and upper management material for sure!

That too for free.

Re: Ask HN: Where to find co-developers for side projects?

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Post by nfriedly »

davchana wrote: post #28
nfriedly wrote: post #12

This might not be the answer you're looking for, but if you don't already have someone in mind, then you should probably build you side project on your own. Also, basic html and css is all it takes to build a webpage. (Well, technically you don't even need the CSS...) JavaScript is definately not required. Responsive CSS is a bit nicer to have to make the website mobile-friendly, but this is all you really need: * {m…

Thats a genius idea for making sure none of the elements goes our of viewport width. I always had this issue that a div has standard border padding, and width:100% pushes its right to out of viewport. Can't wait to try this. Just few genuine questions, as I am learning, specifically in making static fixed header bars for few of my fun projects. Does the meta tag in ur comment needs closure(>), or is it something I mi…

> I always had this issue that a div has standard border padding, and width:100% pushes its right to out of viewport.

What you probably want, in addition to the max-width, is

    box-sizing: border-box;
Then the border is included in the width calculation.

> Does the meta tag in ur comment needs closure(>), or is it something I might have never come across?

If you're writing XHTML, then you need to end the tag with /> instead of >. But for HTML5, it's valid as is. And browsers get it right either way.

> Does implying a max-width 100 in percentage means every element gets max 100% of "its" parent element, which can be traced down back to HTML as super parent of all tags, and thus if I could use "vw" viewport width as units instead of %?

That's a good question. I'm not familiar with the vw unit, but yea, that sounds basically right.

Re: Ask HN: Where to find co-developers for side projects?

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Post by wonderwonder »

Liberator wrote: post #3
trinifar wrote: post #2

It sounds like you are looking for a friend to code with. Try your local area. Otherwise everyone has their own projects. No one will read what you wrote above and think "Wow, he sounds like a good leader with a solid plan." I could go on and on with suggestions.

I don't think I need to be a good leader for this. What I'm looking for, is a place with bored programmers, where I could present what I want to do and maybe there will be someone who says "this looks fun" and join me. Or is nobody doing software just for fun anymore?. It's a specific topic and I don't want to bother my friends with it, I need someone who will be 100% interested in it.

Take a look meetup, quite often their are programming groups. Could be a good way to get a coding partner.

Re: Ask HN: Where to find co-developers for side projects?

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Post by mabynogy »

austincheney wrote: post #34

I am trying to write a new programming language. Language design is new to me and would really love a co-developer. If anybody is interested the language is at https://github.com/prettydiff/simple and the design is still at the very beginning. Basic design goals: less is more, holy war elimination, strong/strict references, no syntax overloading, blocks by reference, single paradigm, sub-types by assignment/extension…

Interesting!

Consider post it to /r/ProgrammingLanguages: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/

Re: Ask HN: Where to find co-developers for side projects?

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Post by balazsdavid987 »

startupdiscuss wrote: post #39

I just googled these: http://pushboard.net http://builditwith.me http://cofounderslab.com http://doerhub.com http://founder2be.com http://founderdating.com http://foundrs.com http://startupweekend.org http://techcofounder.com http://venturestorm.com http://waxidea.com

That's a great list, thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Where to find co-developers for side projects?

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Post by austincheney »

mabynogy wrote: post #45
austincheney wrote: post #34

I am trying to write a new programming language. Language design is new to me and would really love a co-developer. If anybody is interested the language is at https://github.com/prettydiff/simple and the design is still at the very beginning. Basic design goals: less is more, holy war elimination, strong/strict references, no syntax overloading, blocks by reference, single paradigm, sub-types by assignment/extension…

Interesting! Consider post it to /r/ProgrammingLanguages: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/

I did not know this existed. Thank you very much!

Re: Ask HN: Where to find co-developers for side projects?

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Post by Frizi »

Liberator wrote: post #14
nfriedly wrote: post #12

This might not be the answer you're looking for, but if you don't already have someone in mind, then you should probably build you side project on your own. Also, basic html and css is all it takes to build a webpage. (Well, technically you don't even need the CSS...) JavaScript is definately not required. Responsive CSS is a bit nicer to have to make the website mobile-friendly, but this is all you really need: * {m…

Yeah, if I don't find anybody, I will try to do it by myself. The backend will be made in Spring and I thought about using some template engine, like Thymeleaf to do the front. But I'd prefer to work with REST APIs.

If you want to work with REST APIs, it might be good for you to create a SPA application. The easiest thing to start seems to be Vue right now. With vue-cli with it's build command.

https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli/blob/master/docs/build.md

Just create a single `.vue` file, run it with `vue build file.vue` and you can immediately just start hacking around. It can be even built that way for production.

Feels simple like in the old days with single index.html, but you aren't missing any features of modern frontend stack.

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