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Webshell.io: the shell for scripting and combining APIs in Javascript

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Re: Webshell.io: the shell for scripting and combining APIs in Javascript

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Post by jessedhillon »

Cool interface but I'm not sure what sort of value you're going for here.

Is it a set of APIs that make it easier to get stuff done in a repl? If so, it doesn't seem more useful than console so far (looking at the Google Maps and HTTP call examples). Or is it a lightweight IDE -- if so, would this be better done as a browser extension that could circumvent security restrictions? (and also operate on any document, including those served from localhost)

I really like it intuitively, but also, I don't get it.

Re: Webshell.io: the shell for scripting and combining APIs in Javascript

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Post by gagege »

Typos, "program the web", I'm not sure what all this means.

edit: I think what we have here is a library that unifies a bunch of APIs, which is cool, and a programmable service which can run scripts for you. You offload API calls to to this service and then can call them from your app and get your customized data. That could be useful.

Re: Webshell.io: the shell for scripting and combining APIs in Javascript

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Post by mehdim »

jessedhillon wrote: post #2

Cool interface but I'm not sure what sort of value you're going for here. Is it a set of APIs that make it easier to get stuff done in a repl? If so, it doesn't seem more useful than console so far (looking at the Google Maps and HTTP call examples). Or is it a lightweight IDE -- if so, would this be better done as a browser extension that could circumvent security restrictions? (and also operate on any document, inc…

Our idea is to help web and mobile developers

- to sandbox API workflow (server-side APIs and/or client-side APIs) into the REPL interface "prototype"

- and then create a new API based on this API workflow(or "prototype")

- use this new API in production into their own application and share it with other developers

we want to bring fast API discovery and exploration, easy multiple API mashups or scripting, then new API creation for use in production. We make for them maintenance, and one-line-of-code authentication and some cool builtins.

This with server side APIs as Client side APIs, in the same shell interface, Javascript, Coffeescript, or even Typescript.

But is seems not obvious apparently... ;)

Can you share with us what and why you did'nt understand it when testing the tour?

PS: Everybody can also brings to Webshell API explorer its own API (you can read the doc on how to add your own API to be scripted and used by developers)

Re: Webshell.io: the shell for scripting and combining APIs in Javascript

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Post by mehdim »

nmcfarl wrote: post #7

This does seem to need more of a sell. Intuitively it feels cool - but then I’m not sure of what I’d use it for. My first thought was that it’s the other half of the https://www.webscript.io/

The idea is more to be an IFTTT/Zapier for developers but without limited inputs and outputs by Graphical User Interface.

With the expressiviy of an all language as Javascript and a console interface to explore API and check easilty data response, developers may not be limited when combining APIs and make exactly what they wanted to do.

But Webscript.io is nice too, some similarities but not the same usefulness, not the same paradigm and not the same language : Javascript ;)

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