Any chance for some invites? I'd love to try.
We'll be reviewing comments here throughout the day and if we can easily find your email you might receive an early invite!
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#12So this is an interactive bootstrap builder?
We're starting with Bootstrap, but it's a general tool for rapid prototyping and front-end construction for web apps. Bootstrap's the most popular UI kit out there right now, so we're starting there :)
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#13Great app! Congrats to Michael and the team!
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#14Interesting that the tagline is Interface Builder for web sites. One of the big powers of IB is that it ties back into your code so directly. This seems somewhat separated from whatever underlying code I'm creating. I think the killer app is really an IB-for-the-web that plugs into Rails/Django/Symphony/etc so you can start building a web app visually, without sacrificing code quality.
The great thing about building web apps is that it's extremely easy to connect the front end to the back end. By focusing our efforts on making the experience building the HTML and CSS great, we don't have to force a choice on you like Rails vs. Django or Backbone vs. Spine.js.
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#15This looks awesome. Can't wait to try it out!
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#16This would be great if it could also generate javascript code to run the app (backbone.js, angular...) then you could plug that into calling your backend.
We're not focusing on connector code at the moment because, as a tool for developers, we want to give everyone the ability to use their own frameworks of choice (Backbone or Angular, Knockout or Spine). Everyone uses HTML and CSS (or at least HAML and SASS), so we can use it as a common starting ground and help speed up the initial phases of development.
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#17Does it support SASS or is the only output CSS at the moment? I'd love to try it out ASAP btw :)
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#18Does it support SASS or is the only output CSS at the moment? I'd love to try it out ASAP btw :)
We're still pretty early, but we know how much people love their CSS preprocessors. Check out http://divshot.com/alloy as a preview and promise that we won't leave SASS users out in the cold :)
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#19I'm not sure I'd use something like this for production, but anything to let me do mock ups quicker is nice in my book. Can't wait for the invite.
We think you might be convinced to use it for production once you see the output HTML. Stay tuned!
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#20Interesting that the tagline is Interface Builder for web sites. One of the big powers of IB is that it ties back into your code so directly. This seems somewhat separated from whatever underlying code I'm creating. I think the killer app is really an IB-for-the-web that plugs into Rails/Django/Symphony/etc so you can start building a web app visually, without sacrificing code quality.
I agree. I find it tedious to take generated code and try to integrate it into my project (rip out filler text, replace it with database calls, etc.)