any good free non-electron alternatives for postma...
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chilly-lock-4986
07/13/2022, 10:18 AMany good free non-electron alternatives for postman on mac?
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flat-morning-91037
07/13/2022, 10:20 AMPaw is paid.
Cocoa Rest Client is free but okayish.
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thousands-exabyte-97089
07/13/2022, 10:23 AMš 1
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loud-glass-33663
07/13/2022, 10:34 AMThere is Insomnia I am not sure about it's electron status.
It was not bad to use. Postman feels quite bloated now.
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flat-morning-91037
07/13/2022, 10:37 AMInsomnia is electron š¬
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thousands-finland-78878
07/13/2022, 10:37 AMhttps://insomnia.rest/
This is works good. Has a paid version also but free version does everything most people need. No need to sign up also
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clever-advantage-29037
07/13/2022, 10:50 AMEmacs + org mode
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flat-morning-91037
07/13/2022, 10:59 AMCurl + Jq š
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chilly-lock-4986
07/13/2022, 11:24 AMthereās httpie too for cli but it gets complex to manage while checking multiple endpoints
chilly-lock-4986
07/13/2022, 11:24 AMpostman is bloated to a point where it becomes unusuable when iāve to use multiple tabs
chilly-lock-4986
07/13/2022, 11:27 AMcocoa rest client seems pretty snappy w multiple tabs. iāll give insomnia a try too irrespective of electron and see how it goes.
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helpful-memory-62940
07/13/2022, 1:03 PMThunder client extension in VS Code. Works like charm. āØ
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wonderful-greece-5807
07/13/2022, 3:11 PMlol only one first messageās suggestion are ānon-electronā. This is a proxy to know how much JS has taken over the app development.
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flat-morning-91037
07/13/2022, 3:12 PMIām a frontend engineer and I despise existence of Electron! It is an abomination that shouldnāt exist!
VS Code is only acceptable Electron implementation but then MS has done a lot of work to make it performant.
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clever-advantage-29037
07/13/2022, 3:13 PM@wonderful-greece-5807 emacs is non-electron
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wonderful-greece-5807
07/13/2022, 3:14 PMHaha yes, I agree. Native app development is now becoming niche imo. The only electron app I like is VSCode, it is the only one that I found to be engineered really well.
wonderful-greece-5807
07/13/2022, 3:15 PM@clever-advantage-29037 I know, but itās only for already emacs users. It bubbles up the complexity. š
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flat-morning-91037
07/13/2022, 3:16 PMI generally blame Electronās existence (and lack of native app development) on Sublime Text, as that editor in pre-2015 caused the situations that led to creation of Electron.
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chilly-lock-4986
07/13/2022, 5:32 PMi see the trend reversing now for good with most of the new products coming as native instead of electron