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Show HN: Pingy CLI – The Simple Front End Build Tool

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Hey Dave here, I built Pingy CLI. :)

I decided to extract the build tool stuff from the Pingy Desktop App [1] and make it open source and available as a stand-alone CLI.

It's not designed for complicated web apps (use gulp/grunt/webpack instead), but for less complicated stuff it's a good fit. Hope you all like it. I'm happy to answer any questions and take feedback. :)

[1] https://pin.gy/

I love the idea, I think this is great for small projects and for getting your feet wet with build tools. Is adding React and ES6 part of the roadmap at all. Those are quickly becoming project defaults that would be nice to have.

Possibly but I'm focusing on simple websites first. I hope to expand to more use-cases over time.

Of course, Babel and the JSX transform will work just fine with Pingy. I'm just not optimizing the project in that direction right now.

Very nice website design too. Those little callouts, and click to copy, etc are a really nice touch!

Ah, thanks, I spend a lot of time trying to get those little elements correct. It makes it worthwhile when people appreciate those touches!

I saw this awhile back and was impressed with how it was shaping up. Your videos are great. I previously built a similar CLI + desktop app combo for WP dev (no longer affiliated with it sadly), and it's funny seeing how similar our thinking is. I started with the CLI first and built the desktop app on top of it; looks like you did the opposite which is cool. Anyways, I wish you luck getting the desktop app shipped!

Thanks, great to hear. I also remember seeing keygen.sh on bootstrapped.fm. Great minds! ;-)

Very nice job on the website! Works perfectly on iPhone.

i'm looking for an easy way to run ng-upgrade. I need both ES5 and ES6 minifying. can this help?

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