Kitematic v0.4

Just some observations from me. Looks interesting, but I'm already using docker on OSX, would like to try it out but don't want to run the installer and have it mess up my current boot2docker setup. If there was a version that had no installer, or could be configured to hit an existing docker server that would be nice. Bonus if it supported TLS, many of the docker tools barely support TLS currently.

Re: Kitematic v0.4

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Post by kaylarose » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 5:05 PM UTC

How would you say the stability of this release compares to the last version?

I understand it's very new software, but the last version I played with (1-2 weeks ago) was incredibly buggy. Not just in terms of core functionality (hanging packages etc - some of which I see you have addressed https://github.com/kitematic/kitematic/milestones/v0.4.0) but just in terms of the general UI, buttons randomly disappearing/appearing.

I was/am really looking forward to using this but the bugginess did not give me a lot of confidence that the behind the scenes logic was behaving as expected.

Re: Kitematic v0.4

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Post by mchiang » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 5:08 PM UTC

kaylarose wrote: post #7

How would you say the stability of this release compares to the last version? I understand it's very new software, but the last version I played with (1-2 weeks ago) was incredibly buggy. Not just in terms of core functionality (hanging packages etc - some of which I see you have addressed https://github.com/kitematic/kitematic/milestones/v0.4.0 ) but just in terms of the general UI, buttons randomly disappearing/app…

Kitematic 0.4 is much more stable than previous versions. This is meant to address some stability issues rather than introducing new features.

We are still working hard to make the experience as smooth as possible.

Re: Kitematic v0.4

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Post by Elesant » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC

kaylarose wrote: post #7

How would you say the stability of this release compares to the last version? I understand it's very new software, but the last version I played with (1-2 weeks ago) was incredibly buggy. Not just in terms of core functionality (hanging packages etc - some of which I see you have addressed https://github.com/kitematic/kitematic/milestones/v0.4.0 ) but just in terms of the general UI, buttons randomly disappearing/app…

Hi kaylarose. Really sorry about the app being buggy and thank you for understanding that we're still very new. Previous versions of Kitematic relied on too many dependencies: VirtualBox, boot2docker, a DNS server inside the boot2docker VM and Unison for file syncing. The current version removed the need for the DNS server inside the VM and Unison, slimmed down the app and fixed a lot of the critical installer issues.

We're working hard to make the app reliable. In terms of UI, there are plans on making things more consistent and easier to understand as well.

Thank you again for trying out Kitematic! Definitely let us know if there are suggestions on things we can improve on :)

Re: Kitematic v0.4

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Post by Elesant » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

tigeba wrote: post #6

Just some observations from me. Looks interesting, but I'm already using docker on OSX, would like to try it out but don't want to run the installer and have it mess up my current boot2docker setup. If there was a version that had no installer, or could be configured to hit an existing docker server that would be nice. Bonus if it supported TLS, many of the docker tools barely support TLS currently.

Hi tigeba, the current version of Kitematic is fully compatible with the latest boot2docker. Unless there are custom changes made to the boot2docker VM.

Being able to attach an existing Docker server is definitely something we are looking at :)