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Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Re: Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Post by morley »

iamleppert wrote: post #22

Has anyone else noticed the trend at over-marketed "frameworks" like this with fancy graphics, lots of use of logos, etc? Maybe I'm just getting old by anymore I have a feeling of "ugh" set in when seeing that page.

So a designer and developer were passionate enough about a framework to make a website about it. What about that bothers you? If you like the framework, and a professional website result in more people using it, then you win out. If you don't, then don't use it. Life goes on.

Re: Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Post by tdkl »

morley wrote: post #23
iamleppert wrote: post #22

Has anyone else noticed the trend at over-marketed "frameworks" like this with fancy graphics, lots of use of logos, etc? Maybe I'm just getting old by anymore I have a feeling of "ugh" set in when seeing that page.

So a designer and developer were passionate enough about a framework to make a website about it. What about that bothers you? If you like the framework, and a professional website result in more people using it, then you win out. If you don't, then don't use it. Life goes on.

The fact that the site doesn't tell anything about the framework, nor it showcases it. It's megabytes and scrolling for nothing except a actual paragraph of content. [1]

[1] http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm

Re: Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Post by amelius »

morley wrote: post #23
iamleppert wrote: post #22

Has anyone else noticed the trend at over-marketed "frameworks" like this with fancy graphics, lots of use of logos, etc? Maybe I'm just getting old by anymore I have a feeling of "ugh" set in when seeing that page.

So a designer and developer were passionate enough about a framework to make a website about it. What about that bothers you? If you like the framework, and a professional website result in more people using it, then you win out. If you don't, then don't use it. Life goes on.

It is very simple: the website looks childish. It communicates that this tool is not supposed to be used for serious work.

Re: Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Post by dominotw »

iamleppert wrote: post #22

Has anyone else noticed the trend at over-marketed "frameworks" like this with fancy graphics, lots of use of logos, etc? Maybe I'm just getting old by anymore I have a feeling of "ugh" set in when seeing that page.

Helps me create a mental hook. Why 'ugh' ?

Re: Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Post by jevakallio »

Zyst wrote: post #18
rco8786 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That idea is explained well, but I agree with OP in that a working example would do wonders. Is this a boilerplate repo that I should clone and build off of? Is this a project generator like rake? Is this a library I should npm install to depend on? How do I actually use it?

I agree with this. The page says it's a framework, but I feel like it's describing a kickstarter/generator. That said, I will bookmark Pepperoni and give it a go during the weekend, it looks interesting.

Thanks for your interest! It's definitely more of a project boilerplate. We have big ideas for the future, but starting out small.

Thanks for the notes on the mixed messaging, we'll tweak the website to be more informative.

Re: Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Post by antris »

iamleppert wrote: post #22

Has anyone else noticed the trend at over-marketed "frameworks" like this with fancy graphics, lots of use of logos, etc? Maybe I'm just getting old by anymore I have a feeling of "ugh" set in when seeing that page.

And I think it's great that designers are giving fruits of their labor for free towards FOSS.

Re: Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Post by pizza »

amelius wrote: post #25
morley wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So a designer and developer were passionate enough about a framework to make a website about it. What about that bothers you? If you like the framework, and a professional website result in more people using it, then you win out. If you don't, then don't use it. Life goes on.

It is very simple: the website looks childish. It communicates that this tool is not supposed to be used for serious work.

Serious Frameworks Only, eh?

Re: Pepperoni – A framework to build apps faster, powered by React Native

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Post by ausjke »

whenever I had to compare Angularjs vs React the one key difference is that the former has ionic and the latter has React Native, to get performance non-critical out quick Ionic seems to be much easy to use comparing to React Native. I wish someone can produce a similar project on top of React-Native(or whatever modules they choose) soon.
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