Decker https://beyondloom.com/decker/

hugs · 2024-05-02T01:07:11

Probably the correct answer. (I loved HyperCard as a kid and built a ton of stuff with it.) My only complaint about Decker as-is (last time I played with it) is that it has no ability out-of-the-box to make any kind of network connection to do anything. e.g. grabbing some data, triggering some webhook, etc. is all a no-go. Decker is completely self-contained and oblivious about the internet (a lot like HyperCard was).

Theoretically, it's possible to add network fetching to Decker, but it's an exercise left to the reader.

Leaving out networking feels very intentional in Decker, and if you start to go down that rabbit hole, I imagine it quickly devolves into all the pain and complexity of modern webdev.

(Would be happy if I'm wrong and happy to find out it's all there in Decker now.)

flymasterv · 2024-05-02T01:09:21

It does, now! If you build from source and turn on the Danger Zone, you can call out to the shell, including curl.

https://itch.io/post/9447223

https://beyondloom.com/decker/decker.html#thedangerzone

hugs · 2024-05-02T01:20:54

Awesome! Probably a fair compromise. Also, the "why no networking?" question has also been asked and answered by the developer here: https://beyondloom.com/blog/responses.html#doesdeckerhavenet...