Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

Wow, as a long time RoR dev set in my ways, you may have finally given me the tool to overcome my laziness and check out this new fangled "server-side javascript" thing.

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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Post by pheelicks » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 1:36 PM UTC

The layout is broken when viewed on mobile (iPhone 6). While this might seem like a minor nitpick, first impressions count.

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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Post by dimxasnewfrozen » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 1:39 PM UTC

Wow! As someone who struggles to configure all of these dependencies, I love this. I also have difficulty learning new stacks by following the hello world/todo examples in the documentation so having a real boilerplate app built helps tremendously. Maybe I'll finally try and learn React ;)

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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Post by dvcc » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 1:43 PM UTC

I hate to sound negative, but what does it offer over yeoman and the individual generators out there? If I use a Mega Boilerplate setup, I lose scaffolding post-setup stage, so what do I gain?

Re: Show HN: Mega Boilerplate

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Post by projectramo » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 1:52 PM UTC

dvcc wrote: post #8

I hate to sound negative, but what does it offer over yeoman and the individual generators out there? If I use a Mega Boilerplate setup, I lose scaffolding post-setup stage, so what do I gain?

I agree that it serves almost the same purpose, but for a beginner, seeing all the layers, what they do, and choosing them piecemeal is a great way to learn quickly before graduating to the yeoman ecosystem.

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Post by aavotins » Wed, Jun 08, 2016, 1:54 PM UTC

dvcc wrote: post #8

I hate to sound negative, but what does it offer over yeoman and the individual generators out there? If I use a Mega Boilerplate setup, I lose scaffolding post-setup stage, so what do I gain?

For me(I maintain a purely platonic relationship with JS) it offers an easy choice. An example: I don't have to choose MongoDB over Postgres just because the Yeoman generator that actually has all the items I want, decided to go with NoSQL.