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34 pointsmatijash7 comments

Great idea and I love the effort put into it.

The method of install is very dodgy for linux though [1]

    curl -sSL http://get.wasp-lang.dev | sh

It seems to require nodejs, so why is this not an npm package?

Also the logo should be a wasp!

[1] https://curlpipesh.tumblr.com/

Hey, thanks for nice words!

Dodgy install -> well true we ask you to run something, but I have seen quite a few prominent tools use this method of installation: NVM: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating Haskell Stack: https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/#how-to-insta... Nextflow: https://www.nextflow.io

How would you go about it? We do plan to have packages for different distributions at some point, but unless it gets into the official repos, it is not any safer, it can still run any code and nobody checked it, am I right? Even if it was npm package, we would still have the same problem if I am correct, it can run anything? Maybe I am getting this wrong hm, I am happy to hear your suggestions!

Hm interesting question with node requirement and npm package. Long term idea is that Wasp might not have only Node backend as an option, but also other backends, and in that case it won't require Node. So that would be the main reason. Compiler itself does not need node to function, generated code needs it.

Ha the logo, we grew fond of the current one but it would be cool to also have an alternative "wasp" logo :)! Buuut if you squint and use a lot of imagination you can imagine "=}" to represent a wasp (antennae, wings and spike :D?)

Hi HN! Together with my brother I've been developing Wasp - a language for building web apps with as little boilerplate as possible. It is open-source and integrates with React/Node.js/Prisma. We just released Alpha and are looking for testers and contributors.

Thanks for any feedback and comments!

It's pretty refreshing that people have courage and start ambitious projects like this one :).

I hope projects like this get some traction and prove that we can move higher level than where we are atm with the frontend/frontend-backend code.

Thanks a lot for your support! We are ourselves not yet sure in which direction will Wasp evolve but find it very exciting to work on it, especially when we see other people being excited about it too :)

Zero lock in is the killer feature for me

I also like that you can edit the wasp file and the app regenerates live in the local environment, feels super fluid

Thanks for giving Wasp a spin! Yes, we put a lot of effort in the generated code to look "human" - it is not perfect and we had to make some compromises for now to move faster, but it is something that is high on our list of the priorities. Hope we'll be able to put even more resources in that, once we flesh out the basic features.

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