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Re: Famo.us is now open source

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Do we have more details on what is famo.us? It says "opinionated approach".. How does it compare to ionicframework.com for instance?

It reminds me a lot of writing Cocoa applications but with javascript instead of Objective C.

There are many similarities with CoreAnimation and UIKit. However, being in javascript and in the browser creates such a tight feedback loop that it makes it much easier to explore interactions and tweak them to get them just right.

The framework is opinionated in the sense that there are prescribed ways to build apps for the best results. However, it is at the same time very modular and those willing to work with the core modules in famous/core directly will find the interfaces low-level enough that they could explore alternative ways of building apps that represent their own opinions. If you're the kind of developer that can build with low-level primitives, by all means explore other directions, since we're curious to see what people create and how they use the framework in novel ways. For everyone else who just want to build a performant app with excellent UI interactivity for mobile browsers, we definitely express an opinion. We've been doing this for a while and know quite well what approaches work and which ones don't. So unless you're performance neckbeards like we are, you're better off building the apps according to our opinion (until you know enough to form your own).

disclaimer: I work for famous.

Re: Famo.us is now open source

#72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not hype. They just want to control the on-boarding of the open source community. The apps at the launch event tonight show a lot of promise for Famo.us being a better framework over Angular for mobile apps.

As I understand it Famo.us and Angular run at a completely different level of abstraction, doing different things, and targeting different problems?

For the most part yes, but there is someone from the community working on a pretty novel Famous-Angular integration that should be available in a month or so.

Re: Famo.us is now open source

#73
post #40

Great news! But the fact that their own website is broken on Safari on iOS7 doesn't give me much hope that this is easy to develop for http://famo.us/

Yeah, I have no idea what's going on with their iOS7 Safari website. Hopefully it's just the result of some bad front-end design vs. something wrong with the actual engine.

Deadlines happen. This will be fixed shortly.

Re: Famo.us is now open source

#74
post #62
post #40

Great news! But the fact that their own website is broken on Safari on iOS7 doesn't give me much hope that this is easy to develop for http://famo.us/

That site is using just a plain express app on node.js, it's not using famous. http://dotheyusenode.herokuapp.com/?url=famo.us

The site does use famous. But most of the usage of famous is used in the demos and the Famous University interactive tutorials.

Re: Famo.us is now open source

#76
post #58

Famo.us announced two things at the launch event tonight: - github repo is now public - they're letting in the first 75k devs to famo.us community website tonight The first 75k devs will get 3 invites. The website contains what they're calling Famo.us University. Tutorials, forums, IRC, etc. The explanation for letting in 75k devs at a time is to not overwhelm the community with new devs. They want to be responsive t…

I think they are only letting 500 people in. There are 75k on the list. I signed up 2 years ago and I am number 74606. Looks like it will be at least a few months till I can look at the documentation

500 or so per day. This number may be adjusted up or down depending on whether we are feeling overwhelmed. However I expect it to rise over time as those that get in early help those that get in later (IRC, forums, etc.). We're planning on getting everyone access within 40 days or so.

Re: Famo.us is now open source

#78
post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No you're not.It's pure hypeware, after 3 years of development and 5+ millions in VC funding they cant set up a simple gh-page with a basic tutorial and exemple on launch day... Big backlash against this framework starts in 3,2,1...

It's not hype. They just want to control the on-boarding of the open source community. The apps at the launch event tonight show a lot of promise for Famo.us being a better framework over Angular for mobile apps.

famo.us is over marketed, all I see is marketing and trying to create buzz. Instead of all these stupid schemes, let devs decide wether that framework is good or not. I'm not going to invest my time in such a framework if i cant even access the docs on day one. What's next? invites for updates ?

Re: Famo.us is now open source

#79
post #62
post #40

Great news! But the fact that their own website is broken on Safari on iOS7 doesn't give me much hope that this is easy to develop for http://famo.us/

That site is using just a plain express app on node.js, it's not using famous. http://dotheyusenode.herokuapp.com/?url=famo.us

The site does use Famo.us, it's a ‘front-end’ framework.

http://famo.us/assets/famous.js

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