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Re: Mozilla Brick

#21
Can we get a package manager for package managers?

There is so many already, its hard to keep track what names come from what repositories of what package managers.

It used to be so simple, yourDistroPackageManager install whatever, now there is x2000 versions of packageManager.

Re: Mozilla Brick

#22
post #16

I like how the documentation and example area laid out side by side, anyone cares to describe how they accomplished that? Thanks aot.

Yeah, looks like it's modeled after the Stripe API reference docs:

https://stripe.com/docs/api

The doc generator used for this, readme.io, generates this three column layout automatically, so no fancy coding required.

The three column layout is nice for being able to scan back and forth between code and instruction. I like how it blends the purpose of the docs with the implementation.

Re: Mozilla Brick

#24
The first two demos aren't styled, and don't work in Safari 8, and the third one says "coming soon." C'mon, guys...I understand I'm in the minority for using Safari, but you really need to think about the demo'ability of what you build.

Re: Mozilla Brick

#25
post #20

Can I use this client-side? From what I read on the page this seems to be only geared towards a certain server-side-setup with node.js, brewer and stuff.

Yes you can. If you check out http://brick.mozilla.io/v2.0/docs/getting-started - Node and bower are used in order to install the library locally. You can also download the project from Github (https://github.com/mozbrick/brick) and just copy-paste the needed files in your project. You can search for them in the 'dist' sub-directory.

Re: Mozilla Brick

#26
post #20

Can I use this client-side? From what I read on the page this seems to be only geared towards a certain server-side-setup with node.js, brewer and stuff.

Sure, these are custom elements, which are just HTML/JS/CSS files. What's more, they are interchangeable with other ones found at http://customelements.io/

Re: Mozilla Brick

#28

wth is going on at mozilla? There seems to be a lot of excitement to create stuff, without much attention to whether it's needed .. or where the lifecycle goes beyond creation. http://www.ianbicking.org/blog/2014/09/professional-transiti...

It looks like their following the Google model, except without needlessly pulling projects that don't gain enough traction yet serve a niche market.

Re: Mozilla Brick

#29
I wonder when we'll have projects like this targeting all browsers, and specialized functionalities for projects like Node-Webkit, maybe a fork of Bootstrap tailored towards total customization of Node-Webkit, or even a PureCSS fork as well. After using applications like Atraci, SickBeard, and others I've really come to enjoy desktop applications with web based UI's more.

On another note, as someone else mentioned, there's too many package managers, a package manager that detects when you try to use a package manager you don't have installed, and installs it for you would be a neat project to have, although talk about dependency hell.

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