SkateJS
Languages and libraries
web components library
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
8 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Thorough and clear documentation
From 1 comment
This looks interesting. I'm currently using the component support in Knockout which looks pretty similar in function. ``` ko.components.register('my-widget', { viewModel:…
noir_lord on HN
Strict semver with incremental breaking changes
From 1 comment
> I see you're already at v4 of the library, how often do you do breaking changes? It's partially a side-effect of following strict semver and using semantic-release but also…
treshugart on HN
Objections
Library feels too complex for simple web components use
From 1 comment
The first example and the library itself looks too complex; I was looking for a simple webcomponent library, but I think I will just make a couple of DOM calls myself. For…
franciscop on HN
Comparisons to Polymer and React are out of date
From 2 comments
I heard about SkateJS a long time ago. It looks like it has kept evolving. Reading the docs now, it looks very, very similar to Google's Polymer framework. Polymer is even…
jondubois on HNYeah, the comparisons need updating. I'd prefer not to have them because you're then subject to keeping your README up to date with everyone you compare to but some people have…
treshugart on HN
Requests
Default attribute reflection for properties
From 1 comment
The first example and the library itself looks too complex; I was looking for a simple webcomponent library, but I think I will just make a couple of DOM calls myself. For…
franciscop on HN
Clearer examples and docs for the render function
From 2 comments
The first example and the library itself looks too complex; I was looking for a simple webcomponent library, but I think I will just make a couple of DOM calls myself. For…
franciscop on HNThanks for the feedback :) Skate augments the web component spec and employs a functional rendering pipeline. Thus, your comment about it being "React in native web components"…
treshugart on HN
Questions
Why use this instead of React?
From 1 comment
Why would I use this over React, or why would I use this at all?
aligajani on HN
How often do breaking changes happen?
From 1 comment
Heavy Polymer user here, I have heard about SkateJS a few times but have never really had a close look at other webcomponent libraries yet, will definitely have a look at…
dgelks on HN
Alternatives named
Polymer
From 1 comment
I heard about SkateJS a long time ago. It looks like it has kept evolving. Reading the docs now, it looks very, very similar to Google's Polymer framework. Polymer is even…
jondubois on HN
React
From 1 comment
Why would I use this over React, or why would I use this at all?
aligajani on HN
Knockout
From 1 comment
This looks interesting. I'm currently using the component support in Knockout which looks pretty similar in function. ``` ko.components.register('my-widget', { viewModel:…
noir_lord on HN
react-standalone
From 1 comment
The main reason is that integrating web-components into a server-side rendered language (such as PHP, Java, et al) that generates HTML is much simpler than setting a V8 context…
girvo on HN