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Show HN: Write and deploy your first web app in 5 minutes, no setup needed

86 pointsby jmtameover 13 years ago

22 comments

DanielNover 13 years ago
Nice site. One thing I came across:<p>Your code validation checks for necessity without checking for sufficiency. In other words while<p><pre><code> "hello world" </code></pre> will be accepted. So will something like<p><pre><code> "hello world"" </code></pre> Also, when I attempted to deploy some 'malicious' code it didn't deploy (great), but it would be nice to get some message as to why my deploy failed.<p>Small things but something worth accounting for since the goal of the site seems to be making taking that first step as pain free as possible.
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jaysonelliotover 13 years ago
I'm not a programmer, yet I'm having a ton of fun going through the steps on this site.
shawndrostover 13 years ago
If this is going to end up in an awesome website that I can show my friends, how about you show me that up front? That sounds pretty motivating!
darwindeedsover 13 years ago
Great idea but the design is very similar to <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.codecademy.com/</a> you guys should make some UI changes to avoid being tagged copy-cat.
rexfover 13 years ago
Nice, the prior HN post for DojoApp redirects here. I knew the UI looked familiar.<p>Check the first sentence for spelling: "The box below is an interactie Ruby console."
ppkover 13 years ago
I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 x64, firefox 1 billion, and neither of the buttons seem to do anything... if I have to login to try it, you should say so on the page.<p>Edit: I refreshed a few times and it seems to be working now, before, it just showed a "next" button and a "grade it" button, and a text box that said "ruby console".
teja1990over 13 years ago
Nice work guys , it was fun learning like this. But when I had to go back after finishing the course , the share window , i mean the option to tweet and deploy still follow me in all my previous windows. It would be great if you can provide a close button :)
JakeOnRailsover 13 years ago
I just get an interactive ruby and it wants me to move through a bunch of steps... Just visiting the page I have no idea where I am going and why I should invest my time. It looks like a site to teach absolutely new programmers how to code Ruby.
djbenderover 13 years ago
I feel like it's worth mentioning that if you like learning through an application interface similar to this, I really recommend <a href="http://codeschool.com" rel="nofollow">http://codeschool.com</a>.<p>(I'm completely unaffiliated.)
lucian1900over 13 years ago
Interesting, I've yet to see such a nicely streamlined code-to-deploy process, in a browser. Cloud9 + github + heroku comes close (and is more powerful), but the initial cost of getting hello world working is much higher than bloc.
blrgeekover 13 years ago
Once I click 'next' focus is not on the console window. FF8/MacOS. Very distracting.
ziyadbover 13 years ago
While I don't have any constructive comments to offer with regard to the product itself, I feel obliged to convey my encouragement and appreciation. You're doing great work. Keep getting better.
brandnewlowover 13 years ago
Backspace sent me back to this post and I lost my progress.
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wesleyzhaoover 13 years ago
Not sure if this is on purpose or legacy code, but the Tweet button and Like button (both of which I clicked :]) both link and speak of "DojoApp"/dojoapp.com
dlfover 13 years ago
i feel like i've seen this before... name change?
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djbenderover 13 years ago
Should probably do some more careful code checking, or actually run a validator on the code.
k3dzover 13 years ago
open your app gives me<p>Application Error An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.
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abrown28over 13 years ago
console doesn't work to well with the xoom keyboard. Looks like the focus goes away and comes back with every key press. I suspect android tablet wasnt a target for the demo :-)
czzarrover 13 years ago
it's taking super long to grade the creating random numbers step of the URL shortener (1min and counting)
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johnnyjusticeover 13 years ago
So is this site like a TryRuby deal?
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colinmover 13 years ago
FYI: Editor doesn't work in IE9
samdjohnsonover 13 years ago
Baller