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React developers, try out this MVP and give me your feedback!

What?

A visual editor (WYSIWYG) that lets you edit code at any time.

MVP Link

https://v3.app.styledpage.com/app/-M1tLwlCH4HFbdQdct6P

Longer explanation

Based on previous feedback from React developers on reddit, I'm trying an experiment that caters towards React developers: the ability to visually edit (WYSIWYG-style) React apps, while maintaining the ability to edit code at any time.

The goal is for React developers to shave off valuable development time by 20-50%.

React developers can save time by:

  • instantly seeing what they are building
  • not having to write imports
  • not having to write JSX code
  • not having to look up which props are available for every component
  • not having to guess what data structure the props are
  • not having to write styling code themselves

You, as React engineer, don't lose any abilities. There's no "catch". You can always continue coding if you prefer. In other tools, you'd be stuck since the export function is one-way only. As an additional bonus, non-technical people can collaborate with you as well.

The MVP only has editing capabilities for a small part of the Semantic UI framework, but it should give you an idea of the potential.

Try it out and tell me what you think!

on March 17, 2020
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    i gave it a try. it spun forever... and finally loaded the registration. i almost closed out the app (i'm on macOS / chrome). sorry.

    (our current mvp is react too with express ont he backend and nextjs for server-side optimizations and stuffs. you know. stuffs.

    :)

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      Hey 8bit, thanks for giving it a go! The spinning forever bug was caused by the server being overloaded. This has now been fixed - could you please try again?

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        very cool. good work.

        yay

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          Hey John! While I appreciate the comment, "Good work" doesn't really help anyone. Any chance you could provide some additional feedback?

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            that’s because i had nothing much to say. i tried the app multiple times and found nothing that really interested me. i generally don’t like wordpress-based anything... so... i mean, what else can i do for you?