Prelang
Dev tools
code generator
SHOW HN2014
229points
34comments
#72of 2,272 in 2014
Top 4%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Well implemented and clean generated code
From 2 comments
This is a fantastic tool, really well implemented. Will definitely be following along how this develops in the future.
bebbs on HNThis is really interesting! I created a simple app to CRUD Cities and Countries and it works as you expect it to. Code is also what I would have written given the simple spec.…
sergiotapia on HN
Good way to learn Rails best practices
From 1 comment
This is truly an innovative addition to the Rails ecosystem. I'm learning Rails and Prelang offers a great way to read code that's written with best practices in mind. All the…
stravarius on HN
Innovative addition to the Rails ecosystem
From 2 comments
This is truly an innovative addition to the Rails ecosystem. I'm learning Rails and Prelang offers a great way to read code that's written with best practices in mind. All the…
stravarius on HNI have been thinking about something like this for about a year now...you've done an excellent job! Good luck!
samirmenon on HN
Objections
Only DelayedJob offered as background job option
From 1 comment
Cool idea, but I immediately left when I saw the only background process option was DelayedJob. With greatly advanced options like Resque and Sidekiq, I fail to see a need for DJ…
matthuggins on HN
Only public GitHub repos supported
From 2 comments
This looks like a really great tool. It's a shame Github doesn't have more fine grained permissions though - I'd love to give it read/write access to repos it creates, but it…
ShaneWilton on HNThis looks pretty neat. Looking forward to you getting the disabled features ironed out. Some notes: * Project generation with most of the features and a couple models is taking…
xionon on HN
Slow project generation with no notification
From 1 comment
This looks pretty neat. Looking forward to you getting the disabled features ironed out. Some notes: * Project generation with most of the features and a couple models is taking…
xionon on HN
Ongoing maintenance as gems change
From 1 comment
Here's my feedback, as the developer of the Rails Composer tool [https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-composer]. I got started with "automated Rails development" (as you call it)…
DanielKehoe on HN
Requests
User-contributed plugins and hooks
From 2 comments
This looks pretty neat. Looking forward to you getting the disabled features ironed out. Some notes: * Project generation with most of the features and a couple models is taking…
xionon on HNReally appreciate the detailed feedback. * Email on generation is a good idea. Also, I don't have a Gem cache system yet which will help. * Flickering is because some of the…
egn on HN
Heroku one-click deployment
From 2 comments
This is really cool. Have you guys considered Heroku integration? One-click generation + deployment could be a really slick MVP tool (although I worry about how it would affect…
nthj on HNThanks! A deploy process like that is coming relatively soon... I've been working on it today in fact. I'm glad you think that would be valuable.
egn on HN
Mongoid support
From 1 comment
Great work! mongoid support would be highly appreciated :)
rock_hard on HN
Vagrant support
From 2 comments
This looks pretty neat. Looking forward to you getting the disabled features ironed out. Some notes: * Project generation with most of the features and a couple models is taking…
xionon on HNReally appreciate the detailed feedback. * Email on generation is a good idea. Also, I don't have a Gem cache system yet which will help. * Flickering is because some of the…
egn on HN
Sidekiq, Postgres and other gems added
From 1 comment
I love it. Adds an awesome GUI to features that I love in RailsComposer. Would love the ability to add sidekiq, postgres, rails_12factor & sass
kitwalker12 on HN
Questions
Can it be downloaded and run locally
From 2 comments
Is this something I can download onto my own machine and run, or I need to do it through the website?
jpetersonmn on HNIt's all through the web.
egn on HN
Alternatives named
Rails Composer
From 2 comments
Here's my feedback, as the developer of the Rails Composer tool [https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-composer]. I got started with "automated Rails development" (as you call it)…
DanielKehoe on HNI love it. Adds an awesome GUI to features that I love in RailsComposer. Would love the ability to add sidekiq, postgres, rails_12factor & sass
kitwalker12 on HN
RailsWizard
From 1 comment
Here's my feedback, as the developer of the Rails Composer tool [https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-composer]. I got started with "automated Rails development" (as you call it)…
DanielKehoe on HN
drystorm
From 1 comment
good work, known of this for awhile and been impressed. came across this one today which is trying to doing something similar also http://www.drystorm.co
flylib on HN