Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
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Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#2I feel like this falls into an uncanny valley between requiring the skill to cognitively model forms in your mind as text, which is fairly close to coding and using a form builder UI.
Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#3It looks interesting. Do you not have a free plan or even a trial?
Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#4It looks interesting. Do you not have a free plan or even a trial?
It's free for local use from npm.
Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#5This style of form is aggravating to fill out, but kudos on making it beautiful.
If you want to be kind to your users, allow them to scroll through the entire form, see it on one screen and ideally skip ahead without filling out required options but block submission.
Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#6This is more like a DSL with Markdown embedded for the textual parts, but still cool.
An actual Markdown syntax extension for forms would be interesting. [_____] for text fields?
Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#7It looks like it could be made leaner.
This:
name* = TextInput(
| question = What is your name?
| description =
Let's get started with the survey. First, please tell
us your full legal name according to your passport.
)
name* = TextInput
# What is your name?
Let's get started with the survey. First, please tell
us your full legal name according to your passport.Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#8It looks like it could be made leaner. This: name* = TextInput( | question = What is your name? | description = Let's get started with the survey. First, please tell us your full legal name according to your passport. ) Could be just this: name* = TextInput # What is your name? Let's get started with the survey. First, please tell us your full legal name according to your passport.
But then how would you support choices or conditions for example?
Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#9This is awesome!
Re: Show HN: Typeform alternative, turns Markdown to forms
#10I feel like this falls into an uncanny valley between requiring the skill to cognitively model forms in your mind as text, which is fairly close to coding and using a form builder UI.
Yeah, it'd be great if over time they/a community provided a system for visualizing the form logic and a form builder GUI so you can go full-circle with this (building via code and GUI and saving/versioning/forking forms via source).