Gravit – Open-source design tool • Hacker News Board

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by clarry » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 3:56 PM UTC

I came expecting a free alternative to something like AutoCAD. Instead I got a blank page, and after reloading with JS enabled, a core dump from a browser that ran out of memory.

For a snappy drawing program, native code remains the way to go.

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by jng » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 4:01 PM UTC

Congrats on the great job. Nobody would raise an eyebrow for this work if it were not browser-based. Does this say something about the state of web apps?

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by freework » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 4:08 PM UTC

jarek-foksa wrote: post #8

It's worth noting that Gravit.io is a JavaScript rewrite of Stagestack project [1] which was an attempt to create commercial clone of Macromedia FreeHand from scratch [2]. Stagestack project failed due to lack of funding from FreeHand community. [1] http://www.stagestack.com/ [2] http://www.freehandforum.org/news.html

... but Joel Spolsky said you should never rewrite code ever ever ever...

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by kudu » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 4:33 PM UTC

Just wondering, why is the title of this submission allowed to remain as "Gravit - Open-source design tool"? Under HN's dogmatic rules, shouldn't it be renamed to just "Gravit"?

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by nightpool » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

kudu wrote: post #34

Just wondering, why is the title of this submission allowed to remain as "Gravit - Open-source design tool"? Under HN's dogmatic rules, shouldn't it be renamed to just "Gravit"?

While this was once a problem, your information is like 6 months out of date. The mods have been pretty good at balancing "informative" and "close to the original submission". pg even said that the way the rules were being interpreted weren't the way they were originally intended.

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by nulldata » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

I'm impressed with the responsiveness on the iPad, it feels like a native app!

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by djtriptych » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 4:47 PM UTC

This is very good. I think it's designed to be an Adobe Fireworks replacement. Great stuff!

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by Igglyboo » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 5:09 PM UTC

moron4hire wrote: post #27

joelthelion wrote: post #6

This may be the first time I try a web app that is as snappy as a desktop one. Congratulations! What front-end frameworks/technologies did you use?

>> "What front-end frameworks/technologies did you use?" Why is that everyone's first question? I get this constantly when I demo my stuff at meetups and hackathons. None. The answer is none. And they look at me like I just admitted to being a person who prefers to breath water. Vanilla JS is not that hard. It's a sight easier to know one language than to have to relearn the darling framework of the year all the time…

Vanilla js is not that hard when you have thing like document.queryselect or you're building trivial web apps. Sadly when you're building enterprise grade software and you have to support things like Internet Explorer 7 it makes a lot more sense to use a framework like angular than vanilla js.

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by Igglyboo » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 5:11 PM UTC

clarry wrote: post #31

I came expecting a free alternative to something like AutoCAD. Instead I got a blank page, and after reloading with JS enabled, a core dump from a browser that ran out of memory. For a snappy drawing program, native code remains the way to go.

I disagree, this is really fast and totally rivals a native app. What are you computer specs and what browser are you using?

Re: Gravit – Open-source design tool

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Post by sspiff » Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

joelthelion wrote: post #6

This may be the first time I try a web app that is as snappy as a desktop one. Congratulations! What front-end frameworks/technologies did you use?

I just tried it for a few simple operations on a 1.3GHz laptop from 2006 (which is running and IDE that's indexing in the background), and this app was still instantly responsive. Very nice work indeed.