draughtsman
Dev tools
development web server
SHOW HN2011
45points
19comments
#275of 1,097 in 2011
Top 26%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
4 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.
Execution: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Commenters liked the idea and its small size
From 2 comments
It's a great idea, I hope I can find it in my bookmarks again when I can swing around to it. :)
sixtofour on HNSo much awesome. This looks like an absolutely great example of why node.js rocks.
twog on HN
Objections
Many similar tools already exist
From 4 comments
Very similar to a tool I created a while back: https://github.com/ashleyw/convey It's <100 lines of code, and really quite primitive; if you request hello.css, and that file…
ashleyw on HNI wrote something very similar, thought not as advanced, srvr https://github.com/MatthewCallis/srvr but this looks much more complex with the awesome plugin system.
superfamicom on HNIt seems that everybody's written something similar. My entry is Slinky (http://github.com/mwylde/slinky) which in addition to an auto-compiling web/proxy server also includes a…
necubi on HNSimilar to something I have: https://github.com/charliesome/here You just run it like `here` and optionally pass a port (uses 8080 by default) or directory (uses current…
charliesome on HN
Alternatives named
Convey (Ruby)
From 1 comment
Very similar to a tool I created a while back: https://github.com/ashleyw/convey It's <100 lines of code, and really quite primitive; if you request hello.css, and that file…
ashleyw on HN
srvr
From 1 comment
I wrote something very similar, thought not as advanced, srvr https://github.com/MatthewCallis/srvr but this looks much more complex with the awesome plugin system.
superfamicom on HN
here
From 1 comment
Similar to something I have: https://github.com/charliesome/here You just run it like `here` and optionally pass a port (uses 8080 by default) or directory (uses current…
charliesome on HN
Slinky
From 1 comment
It seems that everybody's written something similar. My entry is Slinky (http://github.com/mwylde/slinky) which in addition to an auto-compiling web/proxy server also includes a…
necubi on HN
Middleman
From 1 comment
Another to add to the list of alternatives (this one has been serving me nicely as of late): http://middlemanapp.com / https://github.com/tdreyno/middleman
dzuc on HN
Serve
From 1 comment
Also similar: I've been using Serve for this. http://getserve.com/
moeffju on HN