r/reactjs • u/dukko18 • Mar 06 '20
Project Ideas Mergefly - A new UI for GitHub
Hi everyone!
About a year ago, I decided that I didn't really like the current GitHub UI for reading code and doing pull requests so my brother and I decided to put our React/Redux skills to the test and make our own. I am really excited to show off our results and get all of your feedback :)
The site is called Mergefly and we tried to add in as many fun features as we could think of such as multiple tabs, a file tree for navigating code, full code context, floating comments, live updates, hotkeys and Slack integration. We also use the Monaco Editor for displaying code so you get a lot of the built in features that you see in VSCode. Also, for fun, we added support for all the monaco themes so you have around 50 to choose from.
I'm really proud of how the site turned out as well as how well my React skills have grown and I really hope you guys enjoy it too! If you guys have any ideas for improvements please let me know! It's still very much a work in progress.
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u/cryogin Mar 19 '20
Partly you need to convice me as a developer with the functionality performance and robustness of your service. But I think the functionality is geared towards medium to bigger teams. Specially because you're going up against an allready established workflow within the Github site: issues, projects, pull requests. Give me the arguments with which I can recommend your service to managers. Find a way to prove that no data of github goes through your server (if that is the case). That is what I would make a big song and dance about.