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Dev tool: A Markdown editor for developers šŸ”„

Anthony Lagrede on May 11, 2021

As developer you probably spend most of your time to learn and test things. Grab and test small pieces of code, read and write documentation, both ...
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Tomas Fagerbekk

Oh my, this is just what I've been looking for. Please add a premium paid feature so you can bring in money, and continue this awesome project full time.

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Anthony Lagrede

šŸ„² oh Thank you so much. Currently I don't plan to do the premium feature as long as I can handle the load. I prefer to focus my efforts on creating a valuable and useful app for as many people as possible.

 
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Anthony Lagrede

Right. Actually, you can already share your notes in the cloud for mobile use cases. The limit is currently a little low to allow everyone to have a free cloud space but you cannot sync local files. For these, OneNote is a good option.

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Michael Currin

For ideas I would look at a similar widely used tool called iPython Notebook or Jupyter Notebook. Previously separate but now just the one is used I think.

It lets you write markdown as notes. And code in Python, Bash and more. Node I guess if you have that installed. And it evaluates the code and printed results and shows graphs inline. This is popular for Python and data science.

You interact in a browser or IDE.
It also lets you save as a .ipnb file which you can run and edit again later. And it can be rendered as a HTML view on GitHub or by someone else locally, without having to actually run your code. So it is portable.

When browsing gists, I sometimes find ones made in this format.


Consider also how to write frontend JS because it looks like your support Node ie server side running internally but someone users may want to have frontend based JS. And there are some differences in allowed syntax and imports and what is in the std lib etc.

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Anthony Lagrede

Hello Michael,
You are totally right šŸ‘, this functionality is widely inspired from Notebook possibilities and I don't know yet, how to keep the results of code in notes.
Also true, the JS currently run into the internal Node Server. This first use case allow to execute code without configure any local environment. I love your thinking about running the code on configured external environments (bash, java, python and also JS...). It's a great idea to open up the app and include all Developers šŸ¤©.

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Anthony Lagrede

Thank you very much. I turned this into tasks.

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Andrew Baisden

Cool this looks interesting. I have been using Markdown a lot lately.

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Anthony Lagrede • Edited

Thank you for your feedback. Good ideas, I will open Discussions soon and review each of your points.

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Andrew Baisden

Your app has given me a welcome dilemma šŸ˜… I only just replaced Typora with Obsidian and now I am compelled to try out this app because it is cross platform.

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Anthony Lagrede • Edited

It's funny šŸ˜‹. It is so true, there are plenty of choices. Each application has its pros and cons. Just one thing, if you choose another app, please, really please šŸ™ tell me why to allow me to improve my app.

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Andrew Baisden

So true yes of course I will. I plan to try out your app properly tomorrow.

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Anthony Lagrede

I didn't know Phonito šŸ¤©, it seems awesome. Thank you!

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Andrea

Omg, it looks really good... I'll definitely try it out, really excited! Thanks for sharing this gem with the community.

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Ti

i am confused. i don't see any source code on your repo!
you need contributers or only feedback ?

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Anthony Lagrede • Edited

Hello Tariq,
Right now, I am looking for feedback to guide my future releases. šŸ™ Sorry if I am confusing. I am open to all proposals. Thank you for your help.

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Ti

No need to apologize.
Nice software Iā€™ve installed it and intend to use it at work

 
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Jordan Kicklighter

How about letting people use Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. for the storage, so that they're more in control and you don't have server costs?

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Anthony Lagrede

Hello Jordan,
āœ… Yes! Znote is already designed to allow you to use Google Drive or Dropbox to sync your markdown files.
Currently, the "Cloud" mainly consists of synchronizing volatile notes with mobile devices.

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James R Hone

Nice work, just downloaded it and so far for a preview is see this going places!!!

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Ryan B

a very nice app, and you providing the Appimage for linux users as well, very nice

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Anthony Lagrede

Thank you Ryan.

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Diego Carrasco

u.u in android it is not available for my country (chile)

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Anthony Lagrede

Oh, šŸ˜… I haven't opened the Android app version in all countries yet. Let me review my Play rollout this weekend. It will be open to all countries.

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Anthony Lagrede

Should be now available! (or very soon...)

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Dmitry Maevsky

I've been working on a very similar project: ellx.io
I believe we should talk!

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Anthony Lagrede

Yes! I will be happy to discuss with you. Open a discussion here or let me your contact github.com/alagrede/znote-app/disc...
We keep in touch.
Thank you

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FrederickSalazar

Excellent, thanks

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Omar White

This is a really good product idea! I wish you well, I stared this on GitHub so I could keep an eye on this.

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Wesley Randolph

Just want you to know, this is cool! šŸ¤“

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Anthony Lagrede • Edited

Thank you so much ā˜ŗļø

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J3ffJessie

This is awesome. Was looking for a cross platform note taking for iOS and Linux and then I came across this. Must be fate. Iā€™ll definitely provide feedback and try to help if/when I can.

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Anthony Lagrede

Thank you J3ffJessie.

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Venkatesh KL • Edited

That is brilliant. I'll check the app & will let you know the feedback. I'd try to contribute if I find time. Cheers

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Anthony Lagrede

Thank you very much for your compliment šŸ˜Š. Hope you will like the app.

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JcdeA

I might contribute if it was open source..

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Anthony Lagrede • Edited

Yes but I'm not yet ready to open the code. Currently, I am more comfortable maintaining the code on my own. But this is not excluded in the future. For the moment, I am thinking about how to open the integration of external libraries which will be probably more valuable for users.

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Athul Muralidhar

I've been using inkdrop for years now, also solves a similar problem

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Jens Schlegel

I searched for the App in the Play Store. But sadly is it unable for my device. Android 10.

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Anthony Lagrede

Iā€™m sorry, I will review the Android rollout soon. Thank you

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Anthony Lagrede

āœ… A first version of full-text search is now available in 0.6.6-lab version.

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Prateek Anand

Is it open source?

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Anthony Lagrede

Hello Prateek,
As explained above, currently I prefer to manage the code myself and improve the quality enough, but this is not excluded in the future!

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Poplingue

Joplin is great too!

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Omar White

Had never heard of photino before, thanks for putting that on my radar