Luna 1.0 Beta is out

#1

Post by kot-behemoth » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 11:14 PM UTC

Luna 1.0 Beta is out
luna-lang.org

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#2

Post by kustosz » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:00 AM UTC

Hi, I'm one of Luna founders, I'll be happy to answer any questions! :)

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#3

Post by serverholic » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:05 AM UTC

Very cool! Can't wait to play with this.

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#4

Post by simplify » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:07 AM UTC

This seems like my dream environment come true. Can I build a web server with it? Does it have package management?

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#5

Post by bsaul » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:08 AM UTC

kustosz wrote: post #2

Hi, I'm one of Luna founders, I'll be happy to answer any questions! :)

Nice project, congrats. I think everybody here understands the idea behind your product (inspired by bret victor talk, fwiu). However, i think nothing would replace a nice screencast of what programming in this environment looks like. I didn't find it on your homepage, and i think it should be one of the very first thing.

my two cents.

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Post by everdev » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:09 AM UTC

kustosz wrote: post #2

Hi, I'm one of Luna founders, I'll be happy to answer any questions! :)

Just want to say kudos for making design a priority from the start. Developers often underestimate how important design is to ease of use. Looks fantastic and excited to see where the project goes.

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Post by Rebelgecko » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:11 AM UTC

Cool looking project. Unfortunately my browser (Firefox) is really struggling with scrolling on the overview page... It keeps getting stuck while scrolling past the "powerful engine. Limitless" block of text.

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#8

Post by quizotic » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:12 AM UTC

Beautiful. Data Flow + Functional. Love the idea and can't wait to try it out!

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#9

Post by garyclarke27 » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:12 AM UTC

Looks cool - Is it easy to interact with a SQL database, ideally Postgres?

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Post by CapacitorSet » Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 12:18 AM UTC

kustosz wrote: post #2

Hi, I'm one of Luna founders, I'll be happy to answer any questions! :)

Some impressions right after the download:

* I can't see why I have to give my e-mail address.

* The Electron setup process is very nice! Though, I wouldn't have minded a lightweight installer, with little more than a wrapper around curl.

* After installing the software, I can't see it anywhere - nor from the XFCE app finder, nor in $PATH. I know I should read the documentation, but it'd be nice if I could at least find it from the app finder (it's a matter of adding .desktop files, I think?).