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Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by gk1 »

gouggoug wrote: post #45
sreyaNotfilc wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm currently using it for my website https://vidcap.co (its on beta). There are three things that I'm using it for, but I'm sure other features goes pretty deeply. 1. Pairs the domain with the file server - I can buy a domain on Godaddy and then have it pair to my Netlify fileserver. Its pretty easy to get started. In the past I used Godaddy for everything, but now I do not have to. 2. Deployment mangement. If you h…

It seems you're now experiencing the HN hug of death. Is it a quota issue or Netlify not able to handle the load?

Considering that Netlify is handling the #1 HN traffic just fine, I’d guess something else is at play.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by gk1 »

SahAssar wrote: post #49
Eiriksmal wrote: post #9

Massive respect to the Netlify team. I played around with having my static site hosted by them (for free!) and got only a modicum of extra performance from a $5/mo Digital Ocean droplet. With this ngrok competitor making it easier to experiment with lambdas/serverless technologies, they're creating a compelling reason to use them for production builds.

How is this a ngrok competitor?

Netlify Dev has a live sharing feature to let others view the site on your local environment.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by bobfunk »

awb wrote: post #28

Looks super cool and super happy with Netlify hosting. I just gave it a spin though and got this: Netlify Dev ◈ Starting Netlify Dev... Netlify Dev ◈ Overriding dist with setting derived from netlify.toml [dev] block: null Netlify Dev ◈ No dev server detected, using simple static server Netlify Dev ◈ Unable to determine public folder for the dev server. Setup a netlify.toml file with a [dev] section to specify your d…

Docs are still a bit rough, but the README here should help:

https://github.com/netlify/netlify-dev-plugin#project-detect...

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by a-saleh »

Touche wrote: post #31

Can anyone explain the elevator pitch of Netlify to me? I know it's become quite popular in the last couple of years and I can't figure out why. I don't doubt that it's good at what it does, but it seems to do the same thing as any number of services. For example, I see a lot of people talk about it for static sites. But you get free static sites through GitHub, nearly free static sites on Amazon S3. What does Netlif…

I jumped to Netlify after I had my static site on s3 and thought to myself "securing it through letsencrypt could be nice" and after 3 hours I couldn't get it working, so I ported the site over to Netlify in ~15 mins including the lets-encrypt integration and pointing the domain over.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by gouggoug »

gk1 wrote: post #51
gouggoug wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems you're now experiencing the HN hug of death. Is it a quota issue or Netlify not able to handle the load?

Considering that Netlify is handling the #1 HN traffic just fine, I’d guess something else is at play.

Indeed. My connection coincidentally happened to slow to a crawl, allowing me to submit a comment, but not load a page!

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by fastbeef »

hbosch wrote: post #50
mbesto wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Basically - once you have the toolchain for generating sites on your local environment, Netlify automates all of the toolchain in the cloud by just hitting 'git push'. It then has ancillary services for more "functional" components that often static sites lack (functions, forms, etc). It's one of my favorite platforms because of its simplicity.

I get this experience on my own VPS with Dokku, mostly. I thought Netlify’s big bonus is their CDN and pricing?

Hmm, you right. You could also build a Dropbox clone yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by rubbingalcohol »

a-saleh wrote: post #54
Touche wrote: post #31

Can anyone explain the elevator pitch of Netlify to me? I know it's become quite popular in the last couple of years and I can't figure out why. I don't doubt that it's good at what it does, but it seems to do the same thing as any number of services. For example, I see a lot of people talk about it for static sites. But you get free static sites through GitHub, nearly free static sites on Amazon S3. What does Netlif…

I jumped to Netlify after I had my static site on s3 and thought to myself "securing it through letsencrypt could be nice" and after 3 hours I couldn't get it working, so I ported the site over to Netlify in ~15 mins including the lets-encrypt integration and pointing the domain over.

Yeah it was super fast for me to set up a static site for my company on Netlify. 15 minutes and it was live with HTTPS.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by bovermyer »

miles_matthias wrote: post #37
Touche wrote: post #31

Can anyone explain the elevator pitch of Netlify to me? I know it's become quite popular in the last couple of years and I can't figure out why. I don't doubt that it's good at what it does, but it seems to do the same thing as any number of services. For example, I see a lot of people talk about it for static sites. But you get free static sites through GitHub, nearly free static sites on Amazon S3. What does Netlif…

Both of those services you listed are generic tools. Netlify is for one use case - front end developers deploying websites. That means things like automatic asset compression and minification, feature support for things you’d normally need to setup a backend server for (login, form capture, etc), automatic SSL certs, CMS, etc. Yes, most of their features can be replicated with other tools, but the point of Netlify is…

I'm a devops engineer and I use Netlify for my personal site. I daresay there are more use cases than you think.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by evanweaver »

pcr910303 wrote: post #6

I instantly thought of the incomplete/error prone Zeit Now dev that was introduced a few weeks ago. If this(Netlify Dev) can replicate the entire system stably I might move on to Netlify Edge. Replicating and testing is a pretty big deal :-) Offtopic, but can anyone explain the differences between Zeit Now v2 and Netlify Edge?

Netlify Dev also includes support for accessing FaunaDB GraphQL Cloud, launched in beta today (https://fauna.com/blog/getting-started-with-graphql-part-1-i...).

We are working on adding support for a 100% local development workflow in Netlify Dev. It would be lovely to know what you think is missing from stateful local workflows in both Zeit and Netlify.

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