Poll: Should we rename Amber.js? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#11

Post by maxdemarzi » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 10:49 PM UTC

Rename it something with an Endoskeleton theme: "terminator.js" "arnold.js" "t-1000.js"

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#12

Post by smathy » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 10:50 PM UTC

You should call the 2.0 "SproutCore" and you should change the 1.0 to "SproutUI" or "SproutWidgets" or something.

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#13

Post by cyrus_ » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 10:50 PM UTC

steipete wrote: post #7

I just searched for "Amber" on Google, and the first 5 (!) pages didn't show me anything even remotely Smalltalk-related. I didn't looked any further. Stick with Amber.js.

Searching for "amber js" does bring up the Amber Smalltalk project right away though.

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#14

Post by wycats » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 10:50 PM UTC

railsjedi wrote: post #9

Depends... is Amber still affiliated with Sproutcore at all? If so, something like Sproutcore Slim would be cool Of course, all the good names are taken: http://slim-lang.com/

Amber is not affiliated with SproutCore at all anymore.

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#15

Post by ofd » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 10:51 PM UTC

Although I think 'substrate' is a cool name, it's already taken in GitHub.

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#16

Post by cjfont » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 10:52 PM UTC

bascule wrote: post #5

If you were to pick a different name to avoid overlap with Amber Smalltalk, I'd recommend substrate.js. It conveys a fundamental organizing principle in the same way "backbone" does, and best of all it starts with 's' so all the SCs all over the place will still halfway make sense.

We need to leave some namespace for all the future MVC frameworks to come =P

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#17

Post by abhishivsaxena » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 10:58 PM UTC

I think you should consult the Amber Smalltalk people

If they agree to a linkback, great. Going ahead with amber.js without their consent would be morally grey.

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#18

Post by aviflombaum » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 11:00 PM UTC

What about resin?

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#19

Post by JGailor » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 11:00 PM UTC

When I first heard this, all I could think about was "Amber Alert".

Re: Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

#20

Post by wycats » Fri, Dec 09, 2011, 11:02 PM UTC

abhishivsaxena wrote: post #17

I think you should consult the Amber Smalltalk people If they agree to a linkback, great. Going ahead with amber.js without their consent would be morally grey.

We emailed them immediately once we realized and they (of course) said they would prefer if we rename to something else.

Because we had been using the name publicly for so long, we decided to lay out the relevant details and ask Hacker News.