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HN Show: ConcussionJS, an experimental, rapid web dev platform
I recently created an experimental, rapid web development platform called ConcussionJS. Its initial target use case is converting HTML prototypes into fully functional applications without the hassle of traditional web development.
Six steps to test ConcussionJS for yourself:
1) Create your HTML markup
2) Include the ConcussionJS JavaScript library (http://www.concussionjs.com/concussion.js)
3) Add additional ConcussionJS HTML attributes to your markup (Built on KnockoutJS syntax; example at https://github.com/concussionjs/concussionjs-core)
4) Load your HTML file in a browser (Chrome and Safari tested)
5) Go to admin console add some records
6) Re-load your HTML file
Voila -- you now have a dynamic, database backed website. No custom client-side script required, no server-side coding or hosting, and you can try ConcussionJS on an HTML file located anywhere, even running off the file system directly (e.g., file(s) could reside on your desktop sans web server).
ConcussionJS can be used both as a cloud platform or run locally. Find more deployment option details at https://github.com/concussionjs/concussionjs-core
Tutorial: http://www.concussionjs.com
Example Applications:
+ http://samples.concussionjs.com/contacts.html
+ http://samples.concussionjs.com/twitter-bootstrap/blog/
+ http://samples.concussionjs.com/foundation/timesheet/
ConcussionJS JavaScript library: http://www.concussionjs.com/concussion.js
ConcussionJS mission description: http://www.concussionjs.com/#about
Github page: https://github.com/concussionjs/concussionjs-core
I'm looking for feedback and would welcome ConcussionJS collaborators!!
- forlorn 13y agoClickable http://www.concussionjs.com http://www.concussionjs.com
- skram 13y agoThis looks rather nifty!
- the_concussed 13y agoThanks everyone for checking out the site. Would be great to get your perspectives on any of the following:(i) Do you think I should add a custom ConcussionJS sign up/login, or stick with Google/Facebook authentication?, (ii) what kind of projects would you use something like this for, (iii) what additional features would you like to see?
- redtexture 13y agoI decline to use FB or Google for authentication, for what it may be worth.
- the_concussed 13y agoI suspect many others feel the same way.. I'll add this as an issue on https://github.com/concussionjs/concussionjs-core/issues https://github.com/concussionjs/concussionjs-core/issues
- X4 13y agoI would prefer just signing up to your service or using OpenID or GitHub instead.
- skram 13y agoPersonally, I'd love to see a simpler setup process. Maybe allow using just MongoDB instead of both Redis and MongoDB? It was also a bit annoying (to me) that at the beginning of installing from source it seemed possible to install somewhere other than $HOME but the install.sh scripts had so many references to $HOME I decided it wasnt worth changing them all.
- the_concussed 13y agoGreat feedback, and agreed on both fronts! I added Redis to the mix because it has support for a really nice rate limiter pattern that's simple to implement, but its probably overkill for what people want when they deploy locally for experimentation or to contribute to ConcussionJS. I should probably have a production fork of concussionjs-proxy for the short term with the rate limiter, and a master fork built exclusively on mongo. RE the built in dependencies to the $HOME directory, I agree that it's a weakness of the install scripts. I'll add this as an issue at https://github.com/concussionjs/concussionjs-core/issues https://github.com/concussionjs/concussionjs-core/issues. BTW, there is a command-line tool that I've yet to document that you might find handy. It supports: $ cjs app --create YOUR_APP_NAME $ cjs app --start YOUR_APP_NAME $ cjs app --stop YOUR_APP_NAME $ cjs app --restart YOUR_APP_NAME You can see the documentation by typing: $ cjs --create also supports a --template argument (e.g., cjs app --create YOUR_APP_NAME --template YOUR_TEMPLATE_NAME) which copies the contents of the specified folder with the matching name in concussionjs-core/app_template. Behind the scenes the command line uses a cool util called mon (https://github.com/visionmedia/mon https://github.com/visionmedia/mon), a super lightweight version of Monit, to keep the nodejs process running for the app specified (e.g., monitoring the process and restarting as necessary).
- dreamdu5t 13y agoAmazing project. Change the name immediately. Concussion is a horrible name...
- the_concussed 13y agoWhat do you think about MomentumJS? I have that domain registered, too.
- dreamdu5t 13y agoyeah much better. Momentum has a positive connotation. Again, very cool project!
- X4 13y agoI also agree, not only was remembering concussionjs hard, but it's also too long and confusing. The project is really really awesome though!! I'd suggest to implement an abstraction allow implementation of more flexible models by using: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-driven_design