Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by yuvalhazaz » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:28 PM UTC

hilalh wrote: post #9

Seems like a great tool I’ll make sure to give it a try

Thanks! if you need any support or have feedback please find us on our discord channel. We are always there for a chat

https://discord.gg/b8MrjU6

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by yuvalhazaz » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:29 PM UTC

wyck wrote: post #7

Really cool, super intuitive UI. I won't really be able to use it though until it supports more data types, hopefully with specific DB's in mind.

Thanks. Can you please share what data types you have in mind?

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by SamBam » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:36 PM UTC

This looks very neat.

Why do you require a GitHub account to test it?

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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?

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by johnx123-up » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:39 PM UTC

SamBam wrote: post #13

This 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?

I'm not the OP. FWIW, I have checked their video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKGeLXoPr94

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by nikolasburk » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

For anyone who's interested, Iddan from the founding team recently gave a demo of Amplication on our "What's new in Prisma" livestream. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/wQo_Ii_IjXA?t=4279

Really love the work they're doing, definitely check them out!

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by yuvalhazaz » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

ethan_smith wrote: post #8

Nice!! How does it compare with Postgraphile?

Postgraphile is a great tool. The main difference is that we generate code that you can use any way you like and deploy anywhere you want. If you are a Node.js developer you get a boost that helps you focus on your business logic without giving up on the flexibility of code. Also, on our roadmap, we want to provide developers with a full set of features to make development easier, e.g. integration, connecting to different DBs, and much more.

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by ithrow » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:41 PM UTC

Built 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 modeling anyway.

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by yuvalhazaz » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

SamBam wrote: post #13

This 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.

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by yuvalhazaz » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:46 PM UTC

ithrow wrote: post #17

Built 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…

Looking forward we have a strong belief in both NestJS and Prisma. They are great technologies on there way up (and in many ways, they are already there)

Re: Show HN: Amplication – Instantly Generate Node.js Apps with GraphQL and REST API

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Post by yuvalhazaz » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 5:49 PM UTC

SamBam wrote: post #13

This 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?

SamBam if you need any support please jump to our discord channel and we will do out best to help

https://discord.gg/b8MrjU6

Thanks