"Share" action for JS output?

[dsyme]

I'm wondering if there can be some kind of "share" action for the JS output, e.g. something that brings up a dialog with a bunch of options including

• copy and paste JS (minified?) for an embedded Iframe or straight JS
• copy and paste a shorter snippet that embeds an iframe referring to server-hosted content

Basically anything that lets you share/embed the thing you've developed rather than the development environment.

[ncave]

Sharing through url + url shortener service or GitHubGist as back-end? Just thinking aloud.

[forki]

I assume for that kind of sharing we would like it to run though real dotnet, webpack, minify pipeline? Like with some real backend? Or we "just" reduce all visible "noise" like editor and menu with some query parameter in the url. ncave <notifications@github.com> schrieb am Mi., 26. Sep. 2018, 20:22:

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Sharing through url + url shortener service or GitHubGist as back-end? Just thinking aloud. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/fable-compiler/repl2/issues/48#issuecomment-424820232>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AADgNEOnX9Qz6Y36rgaGAupEZQjDD5zyks5ue8X9gaJpZM4W7N0m> .

[MangelMaxime]

One of the ideas I would like to explore is using the GitHub gist as a back-end because it's free.

In order to do that, we need to use the Github API and we can't do it using anonymous because the limitation is really strong. My idea is to use google cloud function free service in order to use OAuth from Github. Why google cloud function? Because their free service is really generous and I think it should be enough for our need.

By using OAuth we can ask the user to connect its GitHub account in order to make his code persistent. He can then access a history, share the Gist directly and load the REPL from it.

If we have a persistent storage somewhere, we can then create a Preview only mode where we just run the code as if it was an embedded application. And show an Edit button which allows him to import the code into the REPL with editor etc.

We still do everything on the browser no backend need except for login the GitHub account. And because we already have the compiled JS code, loading can be fast because we don't need to initialize the FCS instance to play the code.

I did some research and know that all of that should be possible if we agree on the features, make a real feature list so we all know where we go and from here choose an offer to develop the OAuth sign-in mechanism to link the GitHub account :).

Please note I don't know well cloud function hosting so I can be wrong :)

[MangelMaxime]

I think there is also Azure that offers some of their services for free.

So depending on what we get it can be enough to do the OAuth part.

[forki]

As MVPs we have 150 credits per month. Maxime Mangel <notifications@github.com> schrieb am Mi., 26. Sep. 2018, 22:21:

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I think there is also Azure that offers some of their services for free. [image: capture d ecran 2018-09-26 a 22 20 40] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4760796/46106962-6b2de000-c1da-11e8-919c-31776bca71f5.png> So depending on what we get it can be enough to do the OAuth part. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/fable-compiler/repl2/issues/48#issuecomment-424856307>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AADgNAF88PiLHaSuAUW9f--mrTTCu-D5ks5ue-HAgaJpZM4W7N0m> .

[MangelMaxime]

Good to know, so perhaps if we try to make a POC we can then see if this is viable and if this 150 credits can be enough. If someone accepts to host the code under their account.

[alfonsogarciacaro]

I'd love to have a way so users can easily share snippets besides the built-in samples, though I'm a bit wary about trying to turn the REPL into a full-blown development platform with code distribution capabilities. This can increase maintenance efforts and distract efforts from improving the development experience with the Fable CLI tool.

That said, maybe it's not so difficult, I've been proven wrong many other times ;)

[ReedCopsey]

I love the idea of gists as a storage mechanism, like #83. Would be very nice if you could store f# side (and load via url) to effectively share the environment, as well as just sharing the js output.

Gist is also nice for this since you'd get a code view that's easy to read outside of the repl as well,especially given all of the options for embedding gists, etc