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Why isn't there a code generator for web application development yet?

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Re: Why isn't there a code generator for web application development yet?

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What would you want this generator to look like? What's the input / output / limits? Note, they do exist in some form depending on what you want.

Input design file like sketch, with annotations or an interactive url like framer, then export production ready (for the most part) the html, css, and javascript. What is the closest you know of?

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Re: Why isn't there a code generator for web application development yet?

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What would you want this generator to look like? What's the input / output / limits? Note, they do exist in some form depending on what you want.

Input design file like sketch, with annotations or an interactive url like framer, then export production ready (for the most part) the html, css, and javascript. What is the closest you know of?

Kind of related, using figma + webflow: https://systemflow.co Show HN from ~a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25161894

Re: Why isn't there a code generator for web application development yet?

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The Legend of 1900. "The world's a piano with millions of keys. I can't play music on that." There are so many alternative choices one can make when creating a web application, that creating a code generator then must ask themselves, do I give my potential users the burden of choice? Or do I make decisions and hide them from them? Do I build my own implementations of these choices so I'm not sending business out the the door? I'm looking for one as well. I'm also looking to build one. Everything is up in the air at the moment, but let me know if you would like to talk about this some more.
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