CodeKit/Hammer like GUI

[balupton]

@docpad have you considered doing a UI similar to Codekit of Hammer? There seems to be a big market for that.

Source: https://twitter.com/sabbatregent/status/376535388841472000

A while ago (maybe 1.5 years), there was actually a person who was wanting to make something like Codekit and they were evaluating DocPad. However, at that time we did not have a REST API, so it didn't make sense. I believe they went with a C based solution.

[elmago79]

I somewhat managed to miss this!

To extend a bit on the idea: Docpad already does everything that Codekit and Hammer for Mac do, and a lot more. You can preprocess and use a ton of templating languages, and combine them however you like. The livereload is far superior. You have skeletons. But designers have a fear of the command line (and installing docpad from scratch takes a few hours).

You could make a docpad graphic UI and charge for it (25-50 USD). It seem to work for Compass, for example, with Compass.app. People would also be interested in training for the UI, and I believe since the UI would have wider appeal, there would be the added benefit of more training, besides the revenue from the graphic ui app.

[deitch]

@elmago79 you mean 20-50 for a locally installed Mac or Windows app that provides everything visually? Or a Web service with UI that charges 25 / month?

[elmago79]

@deitch Check out mixture.io pricing:

http://mixture.io/blog/pricing-update

There are two options. A 39 USD one time fee for a locally installed Mac or Windows app and a 12.99 monthly web service suscription, that includes locally instaled apps, plus updates, plus hosting. You could think of a similar scheme for Codekit.

[deitch]

@elmago79 I see. It depends on the target, and I am not a great fan of "buy once use online services unlimited;" it creates messy misalignment of customer and business incentives. But the idea of "buy this app to use locally all you want," or "pay monthly to use online" are both good options.

[dospuntocero]

+1 to avi's

El domingo, 15 de septiembre de 2013, Avi Deitcher escribió:

@elmago79 https://github.com/elmago79 I see. It depends on the target,
and I am not a great fan of "buy once use online services unlimited;" it
creates messy misalignment of customer and business incentives. But the
idea of "buy this app to use locally all you want," or "pay monthly to use
online" are both good options.

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[balupton]

Honestly, I'm highly on the boat of open-source it all and earn money from donations... muwahahaha. 😇

I wonder whether or not we could run a kickstarter campaign to do this? Pretty sure there aren't any open-source codekit like software, so making one would surely attract some desire right?

[elmago79]

There is prepros:

http://alphapixels.com/prepros/

Which is open source but has a closed "pro" option (and only works on
windows, AFAIK) Anyway, a kickstarter for something like this sounds like a
good idea.

On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Benjamin Arthur Lupton <
[email protected]> wrote:

Honestly, I'm highly on the boat of open-source it all and earn money
from donations https://github.com/bevry/goopen... muwahahaha. [image:
😇]

I wonder whether or not we could run a kickstarter campaign to do this?
Pretty sure there aren't any open-source codekit like software, so making
one would surely attract some desire right?

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[tristan-mcdonald]

I'd be up for this; I definitely don't have a fear of the command-line but find myself using Prepros and Github's GUI app more often.

Did you see Webhook's kickstarter? It was successful and similar to the idea of a modular/plug-and-play interface that balupton spoke about here - https://gist.github.com/balupton/2906284