Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
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Re: Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
#2Definitely friendlier than Cron :D
Excellent work, @bretcope.
Re: Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
#3I love the syntax!
Have you considered setting it up as a cron pre-processor? It would ease integration into existing systems and let people adopt the easy new syntax, without replacing their entire scheduled tasks architecture.
Re: Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
#4I love the syntax! Have you considered setting it up as a cron pre-processor? It would ease integration into existing systems and let people adopt the easy new syntax, without replacing their entire scheduled tasks architecture.
That's interesting. You mean essentially a transpiler either from cron->schyntax or schyntax->cron? The former seems more doable, since I think there are more schedules schyntax can represent which cron can't, though a subset could work in either direction. I've also considered a native utility https://github.com/schyntax/schyntax/issues/2 as an outright replacement for cron, which could benefit from a transpiler.
If there is interest in this, I'd definitely be open to discussing it more on github.
Re: Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
#5I love the syntax! Have you considered setting it up as a cron pre-processor? It would ease integration into existing systems and let people adopt the easy new syntax, without replacing their entire scheduled tasks architecture.
Second the above. Syntax is very user friendly. Unfortunately, it seems with C# that it is mostly a Windows solution. A cron preprocessor would allow it to be used in a lot more places.
Re: Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
#6I love the syntax! Have you considered setting it up as a cron pre-processor? It would ease integration into existing systems and let people adopt the easy new syntax, without replacing their entire scheduled tasks architecture.
Second the above. Syntax is very user friendly. Unfortunately, it seems with C# that it is mostly a Windows solution. A cron preprocessor would allow it to be used in a lot more places.
It's not just C#. I did the JavaScript port from scratch in about 8 hours. There's no reason other languages couldn't be added if there is enough interest.
Re: Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
#7This is expressive and beautiful. However CRON is easy to setup using sites like http://www.cronmaker.com/.
Re: Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
#8This is expressive and beautiful. However CRON is easy to setup using sites like http://www.cronmaker.com/ .
It's not just about the person who creates the schedule. It's about anyone being able to understand, at a glance, what it means.
Re: Show HN: Schyntax – A friendlier-than-cron syntax for scheduled tasks
#9Well done!