Hyperapp
Languages and libraries
frontend javascript library
SHOW HN2017
187points
40comments
#186of 2,242 in 2017
Top 9%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 4 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Design: 4 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple and lightweight, with actions that are easy to use without middleware
From 2 comments
I found it a while ago and I like the simplicity. The thing that got me sold on the idea is how simple actions are. You can have them work like thunk by calling an action as a…
naugtur on HNI just used this on a Rails project where I didn't have time to integrate a complete React build pipeline. I needed it for a few small components with complex state requirements.…
ahallock on HN
Good examples and documentation
From 3 comments
Any example on jsx? Is it react jsx or something else? Edit: already found example in project github. Looks promising. Currently I'm looking for solution to replace jquery for…
finchisko on HNThat hyperx onclick example [1] is really clever if I understand it correctly from a quick overview [2]. It stores a reference to the event using the template literals features…
franciscop on HNI just used this on a Rails project where I didn't have time to integrate a complete React build pipeline. I needed it for a few small components with complex state requirements.…
ahallock on HN
Elm-style architecture is a nice port to JavaScript
From 2 comments
Thx. Hadn't looked at timelines, and assumed it was the other way. Great job w/ hyperapp. Congrats! FWIW I like Elm, and hyperapp seems a delightful port of the TEA idea ... plus…
pakx on HNI like the combination of actions and reducers — feels like how the reducer pattern appears in Cycle.js.
jakelazaroff on HN
Objections
Yet another JavaScript library adds complexity
From 3 comments
Another Javascript library
responde on HNAnother React copy&paste obsession to add more complexity !!
mal34 on HNThank god someone invented this. We needed another front end javascript library!
skrowl on HN
Slow to boot, possibly due to HN traffic
From 1 comment
It appears to me to boot somewhat slowly, though maybe it's because of the HN hug of death? Anyone else noticing that?
christophilus on HN
Nested actions feel imperative and hard to reason about
From 1 comment
I just used this on a Rails project where I didn't have time to integrate a complete React build pipeline. I needed it for a few small components with complex state requirements.…
ahallock on HN
Requests
Benchmarks against other frameworks
From 1 comment
So maybe do we have somewhere some cool benchmarks to compare with the others frameworks ? Like here http://www.stefankrause.net/js-frameworks-benchmark5/webdriver-ts/table.html
roucoulawan on HN
Clearer example code for the library's use
From 2 comments
It seems interesting. Can you provide some example of code how it could look?
MatejMazur on HNThat hyperx onclick example [1] is really clever if I understand it correctly from a quick overview [2]. It stores a reference to the event using the template literals features…
franciscop on HN
Questions
Which browsers are supported
From 1 comment
Which browsers are compatible?
ngrilly on HN
How it compares to Mithril
From 1 comment
Can anyone suggest a good approach to evaluate these libraries? How does this compare to Mithril etc?
Numberwang on HN
Target developers for the library
From 1 comment
That hyperx onclick example [1] is really clever if I understand it correctly from a quick overview [2]. It stores a reference to the event using the template literals features…
franciscop on HN
Alternatives named
Mithril
From 2 comments
Can anyone suggest a good approach to evaluate these libraries? How does this compare to Mithril etc?
Numberwang on HN> How does this compare to Mithril etc? I am the author of HyperApp and also a big fan of Mithril. I'll try to compare both as fairly as I can. This is not a full or even…
jbucaran on HN
React
From 2 comments
That hyperx onclick example [1] is really clever if I understand it correctly from a quick overview [2]. It stores a reference to the event using the template literals features…
franciscop on HNAnother React copy&paste obsession to add more complexity !!
mal34 on HN
Vue
From 1 comment
Vue already supports JSX. Vue templates compile into hyperscript VDOM trees just like JSX.
pitaj on HN
Elm
From 1 comment
Thx. Hadn't looked at timelines, and assumed it was the other way. Great job w/ hyperapp. Congrats! FWIW I like Elm, and hyperapp seems a delightful port of the TEA idea ... plus…
pakx on HN