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Is it difficult to build a web app for Lemmy? (lemdro.id)
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Context, I’ve got some web dev experience but it’s all self taught from enjoying it as a hobby. Personally, the design aspect is probably worse for me.

I’ve been toying with the idea of trying to do something with the Lemmy API (even if it’s never shared publicly) but I’ve seen a handful of people complain about the API, is it really that bad?

I’d probably use React if I did do something.

EDIT: This is a prototype design I came up with, I'll play around with the API and see what I can do. I think that it could be a fun project, thanks for all the help!

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Voyager was previously called wefwef, and at the time it already had the wefwef.app which you could use as a web app. When Lemmy became more popular, there were hardly any apps available at the app store, so I used that web app instead. It was pretty good, but later I switched to a proper app when those became available. Anyway, it’s all open source, so have a look at the github page to see if it looks hard or easy to you.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Which app did you switch to?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Initially, I installed all of the apps and started using them. When I noticed that one app was annoying me in some way, I added that line into a spreadsheet, and tested if all the other apps were any better in that regard. After a while, my list had about 20 important features and ratings for each app. After that evaluation period, I settled on Bean, Mlem and Voyager. For several months, I was quite happy with Bean. Every now and then I stumbled upon a situation that Mlem handled better, so I kept switching between the two when needed. I didn’t use Voyager that much, but I kept it anyway, because it had a lot of the features I appreciate.

One day, the suspicions of many Bean users were confirmed, and the app officially died. I just switched to Mlem and Voyager. At that point I also installed Thunder, because it had a fairly good score in my spreadsheet. Currently, I’m keeping it as a backup just in case Mlem or Voyager fail me.

At the moment, Mlem is my favorite Lemmy app for reading, voting and writing short comments. Voyager on iPad can handle long comments much better, and that’s the app I’m using at the moment. Maybe I’ll just use Voyager on the tablet and Mlem on the phone…

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Why thank you for such a thorough response and your dedication to finding an app that works for you.

I use Voyager as the main app but I will try mlem. I was initially hoping for one that would let you tag users so I would know what I my previous interactions had been as I heard there were apps on android that could do this.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That would be an interesting feature. If an app like that exists, I should try that feature.

However, since I interact with hundreds, if not thousands of people online, it is fairly unlikely that I would bump into the same person again any time soon. That’s why I generally don’t even bother looking at the usernames. Mastodon is centered around individuals who may or may not have anything interesting to say, whereas Lemmy is centered around interesting topics.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You’d be surprised. I see FlyingSquid around lemmy all the time. A few other users I notice quite often actually.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I haven't looked at the Lemmy API, but generally speaking hard or not is subjective. Try it, get your hands dirty. Take a stab at testing how it works. Set some very basic targets. Split it up into tasks. If one task proves more complicated than expected, split it up into smaller tasks. If you get stuck, move to another task. You can always get back to those later. Things fall in place with experience.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You could reach out directly to some of the app developers. Their usernames are listed on the [email protected] megathread. Also check out [email protected] for other applications of the API. A lot if people are doing some pretty creative stuff that is worth checking out!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I wasn’t aware of [email protected], thanks for sharing!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Like kbin.social ?

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