Show HN: Guppy, a GUI desktop app that replaces the terminal for React dev

Hi HN!<p>This is a project of mine that has been in the works for the past couple months. The goal is to make modern web development more accessible for folks without a traditional programming background, by deferring the need to learn a command-line interface until later.<p>Specifically, it manages projects for you by solving 3 traditionally-CLI-only problems:<p>- Running a local dev server - Executing NPM scripts for building, testing, etc - Managing NPM dependencies<p>This is an early Alpha, and I have much larger ambitions for the project, but I&#x27;m releasing it early to collect feedback and see if this is indeed something that would benefit folks.<p>I do realize that the audience on HN will by-and-large already be comfortable on the command line, and so this is of limited utility for y&#x27;all, but if y&#x27;all have friends&#x2F;family looking to learn modern web dev, I&#x27;d be keen to get their thoughts on this project.

I volunteer to teach coding to folks starting out.<p>I question the premise that using react-create-app and npm is a barrier to entry and that animations and a UI make for a better experience.<p>There are a lot of things that are confusing, but npm install &lt;X&gt; or npm start hasn&#x27;t been one of them in my experience.