MRuby-Zest

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audio plugin gui framework

SHOW HN2018

78points
23comments
#555of 2,155 in 2018
Top 26%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Interesting design and well-explained trade-offs.

    From 3 comments
    • This looks pretty interesting. I'd like to play around with it. Kudos to you. Aside: Did you know the FUDI protocol(0) used in the pure data language is dead simple, if you…
      monetus on HN
    • F A N T A S T I C !
      nopacience on HN
    • Nice overview, it looks quite good. Have you thought about bringing in Crystal when it gets more mature? Congratulations on the sale and good luck with the project.
      pjmlp on HN

Objections

  • Documentation and usage examples are lacking.

    From 2 comments
    • Looks great but don't know how to use the UI. Would you add some examples in the future, so that users can load and play with ?
      ttoinou on HN
    • I meant music / tracks / synth examples ? I would be ok to follow a tutorial about how to use the interface but having real life examples to tinker with is more fun ;)
      ttoinou on HN

Requests

  • Provide music, track and synth examples to try out.

    From 2 comments
    • Looks great but don't know how to use the UI. Would you add some examples in the future, so that users can load and play with ?
      ttoinou on HN
    • I meant music / tracks / synth examples ? I would be ok to follow a tutorial about how to use the interface but having real life examples to tinker with is more fun ;)
      ttoinou on HN

Questions

  • Why not use Qt directly?

    From 1 comment
  • Has property binding been reimplemented like QML?

    From 1 comment
    • > After starting with Qt prototypes I borrowed the ideas of Qt's QML and applied them to a ruby based widget system Did you reimplement property binding ? That's the #1 feature…
      jcelerier on HN

Alternatives named

  • Qt / QML

    From 2 comments
    • so... if I may ask : why not use Qt directly ?
      jcelerier on HN
    • > After starting with Qt prototypes I borrowed the ideas of Qt's QML and applied them to a ruby based widget system Did you reimplement property binding ? That's the #1 feature…
      jcelerier on HN
  • Crystal

    From 1 comment
    • Nice overview, it looks quite good. Have you thought about bringing in Crystal when it gets more mature? Congratulations on the sale and good luck with the project.
      pjmlp on HN

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